What is the meaning of SLOUGH. Phrases containing SLOUGH
See meanings and uses of SLOUGH!Slangs & AI meanings
To be away from school without permission. From slough - 'to shed'.
Slough is slang for imprison.
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imp. & p. p.
of Slough
a.
Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
n.
A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slough
n.
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
n.
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
n.
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
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.
n.
The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
v. t.
To cast off; to discard as refuse.
n.
A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
n.
The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
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Slow.
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Full of sloughs, miry.
n.
That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
v. t.
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
n.
Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
n.
The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
n.
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
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