slay

For the verb: "to slay"

Simple Past:	slew
Past Participle:	slain

Multiple Entries:
  slay    sley  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slay1

▶verb (past slew; past part. slain)

• 1 archaic or literary kill in a violent way.

  ■ N. Amer. murder (someone).

• 2 informal greatly impress or amuse.

– derivatives
slayer noun.

– origin OE slēan ‘strike, kill’, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slay2

▶noun variant spelling of sley.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sley /sleɪ/ (also slay)

▶noun a tool used in weaving to force the weft into place.

– origin OE slege; rel. to slay1.