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Definition of Sloughs

Slough
Slough Slough, obs. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.
Slough
Slough Slough, n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl?ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.] 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal. 2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
Slough
Slough Slough, a. Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Slough
Slough Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.] (Med.) 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.
Slough
Slough Slough, v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. --Emerson.

Meaning of Sloughs from wikipedia

- example of this is Finn Slough on the Fraser River, whose lower reaches have dozens of notable sloughs. Some sloughs, like Elkhorn Slough, used to be mouths...
- Slough (/slaʊ/) is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley 20 miles (32 km) west of central London and 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Reading...
- an overview of the demography of Slough. In 2016, Slough had a po****tion of 149,000 people. The modern town of Slough grew from the parish of Upton-****-Chalvey...
- Look up slough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slough is a town in Berkshire, England. Slough or sluff (alternate spelling) may also refer to: Alan...
- Upton is a suburb of Slough, in the Slough district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Until the local government reforms of 1974 it was...
- Sloughing may refer to: Sloughing, in biology, shedding or casting off dead tissue Skin sloughing, shedding dead surface cells off the skin Soil sloughing...
- China Slough (also called: Sutter Slough, China Lake, Sutter Lake, Sacramento Chinatown, Sacramento Chinadom, Old Sacramento Chinatown, Yee Fow), is historical...
- Slough Cr**** may refer to a water body in the United States: Slough Cr**** (Wyoming), in Montana and Wyoming Slough Cr**** (Morris County, Kansas) Slough...
- Soil sloughing is soil falling off banks and slopes due to a loss in cohesion. Soil sloughs off for the same reasons as landslides in general, with very...
- Westpoint Slough is the largest of several sloughs feeding into Redwood Cr**** in San Mateo County, California, United States. This slough is surrounded...