slough

-1 n. சதுப்புநிலப் பள்ளம், சதுப்புநிலத் தேக்கம், சேற்றுத்தலைக் காயல், சதுப்பார்ந்த கழிநிலம்.-2 n. பாம்புரிவை, விலங்குகழற்றி, பறவை உதிர்த்தஇறகு, உயிரினம் கழித்த உறுப்பு, எறிந்த சட்டை, தோல் பொருக்கு, அசறு, கழித்து ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட பழக்கவழக்கக் கூறு, (வினை.) மேலுரிபோக்கு, சட்டைகழற்று, சட்டைபோல் கழற்றி எறி, சட்டைபோற் கழன்று விழு, உதிர்ந்து விழு, கழித்து

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Slough, a. Defn: Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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, obs. Defn: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer. 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.) Defn: The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.] (Med.) Defn: 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, v. t. Defn: To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson. Slough, a. Defn: Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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, obs. Defn: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer. 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.) Defn: The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.] (Med.) Defn: 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, v. t. Defn: To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.