n. [ OE. slogh, slough, AS. slōh a hollow place; cf. MHG. slūch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to hiccough, to sob. ]
He's here stuck in a slough. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Slough grass (Bot.),
a. Slow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
obs. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl&unr_;ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle. ]
v. i.
v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse. [ 1913 Webster ]
New tint the plumage of the birds,
And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of sloughs, miry. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]