Slough() imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
Slough(a.) Slow.
Slough(n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
Slough(n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
Slough(n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
Slough(n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
Slough(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.
Slough(v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.
Sloughed(imp. & p. p.) of Slough
Sloughing(n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
Sloughing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slough
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