SLOUGH

Definitions for the word, slough

() imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

(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.

(n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

(n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

(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.