Definitions for: Slough


[n] any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
[n] a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
[n] a hollow filled with mud
[n] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[v] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals



Webster (1913) Definition: Slough, a.
Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


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.


Slough, obs.
imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.


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.


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.

Synonyms: exuviate, gangrene, molt, moult, shed, sphacelus

See Also: bog, cast, cast off, cover, covering, desquamate, drop, dry gangrene, mummification, natural covering, pathology, peat bog, peel off, shake off, swamp, swampland, throw, throw away, throw off

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