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(), a.Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer. Slough (), n.[OE. slogh, slough, AS. slh a hollow place; cf. MHG. slch 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.] 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 obs. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer. Slough (), n.[OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. slch 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 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. Slough v. t.To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson. スポンサード リンク
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