1. (a.) Slow.

2. (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

3. (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

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

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

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

7. (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.

8. (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

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