- (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
- (a.) Slow.
- (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
- (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
- (v.t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.
- imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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