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Meaning Of Slough
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.