Slough /(?)/

Slough

a.
  1. Slow. [Obs.]

Slough

n.
  1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
    He's here stuck in a slough.
  2. A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

Phrases & Compounds
Slough grass
a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop seed, and nimble Will.

Slough

imp.
  1. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. obs.

Slough

n.
  1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
  2. The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. (Med.)

Slough

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing

  1. 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. (Med.)

Slough

v. t.
  1. To cast off; to discard as refuse.
    New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds.