slough

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1. 1.A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. Milton.
2. 2.[Pronounced sloo.] 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.
3. 3.imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.
4. 4.The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
5. 5.(Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. Milton called?
• What is the skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal called?
• What is the dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson called?