Definition of slough

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

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Sloughed :: Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Sloug.
Slough :: Slough (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..
Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..
Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..
Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh..
Slough :: Slough (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.
Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Full of sloughs, miry..
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..
Sphacelus :: Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
Slough :: Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
Slough :: Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal..
Slough :: Slough (a.) Slow.
Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..
Sloughing :: Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sloug.
Slough :: Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
Slough :: Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew..
Smallpox :: Smallpox (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..
Welter :: Welter (n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics..
Slough :: Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
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