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Slough : (noun)
1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[syn: gangrene, sphacelus]
2: a hollow filled with mud
3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the
cast-off skin of a snake)
(verb)
1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Slough : \Slough\, obs.
imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Slough : \Slough\, a.
Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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