Meaning of SLOUGH in English

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Meaning of SLOUGH in English

• Slow.
• A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
• A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
• imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
• The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
• The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
• 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.
• To cast off; to discard as refuse.

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