Slur (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slurred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Slurring (?).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl�ra, slo�ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.] 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Cudworth.
2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.
4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.
5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.
7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.