·- imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
II. Slough ·adj Slow.
III. Slough ·vt To cast off; to discard as refuse.
IV. Slough ·noun A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
V. Slough ·noun A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
VI. Slough ·noun The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
VII. Slough ·noun The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
VIII. Slough ·vi 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.