SLOUGH
Slough, n. Etym: [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sloh a hollow place; cf.
MHG. sluch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. &
Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr.
1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. Milton.
2. [Pronounced sloo.]
Defn: A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.] Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; — called also drop seed, and nimble Will.
SLOUGH
Slough, obs.
Defn: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.
SLOUGH Slough, n. Etym: [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl 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.)