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slough |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, obs. imp. of {Slee}, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf MHG. sl?ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.] 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal. 2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, a. Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sloughed}; p. pr & vb n. {Sloughing}.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off or away as a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slough \Slough\, v. t. To cast off to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. --Emerson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slough n 1: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) 2: a hollow filled with mud 3: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: {shed}, {molt}, {exuviate}, {moult}]
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