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

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Slough \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.

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Slough \Slough\, a. Slow. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Slough \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.

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Slough \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.

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Slough \Slough\, v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse.

New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. --Emerson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)