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sloo |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sloo \Sloo\, or Slue \Slue\, n. A slough; a run or wet place See 2d {Slough}, 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS sl[=o]h a hollow place cf MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir slug to swallow. Gr ????? to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. 2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo}, and {slue}.] {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop seed}, and {nimble Will}.
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