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Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sloh a hollow place; cf. MHG. sluch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr.
Definition : 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. Milton.

2. [Pronounced sloo.]

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : obs.
Definition : Defn: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.]
Definition : 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

2. (Med.)

Defn: The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.] (Med.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slough
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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