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(1):

(n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

(2):

(n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

(3):

(n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

(4):

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

(5):

(v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

(6):

(n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

(7):

(a.) Slow.

(8):

(v. i.) 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.