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Webster 1913 Edition
Slough
Slough
,Adj.
Slow.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Slough
,Noun.
[OE.
slogh
, slough
, AS. slōh
a hollow place; cf. MHG. slūch
an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken
to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc
a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug
to swallow. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] 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 sloō.]
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
[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
.Slough
,Noun.
[OE.
slugh
, slouh
; cf. MHG. sl[GREEK]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.
Slough
,Verb.
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.Slough
,Verb.
T.
To cast off; to discard as refuse.
New tint the plumage of the birds,
And
And
slough
decay from grazing herds. Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slough
SLOUGH
,Noun.
1.
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.2.
[pron. sluff.] The skin or cast skin of a serpent. [Its use for the skin in general, in Shakespeare, is not authorized.]3.
[pron. sluff.] The part that separates from a foul sore. The dead part which separates from the living in mortification.SLOUGH
,Verb.
I.