Slough

Slough - Other Definitions

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