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Definition of slough:
(n) :
a muddy or marshy area; a type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees
"1883 "That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses," retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough. — Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson"
(v) :
to shed (skin)
"a week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
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Definition of slough:
(n) :
a muddy or marshy area; a type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees
"1883 "That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses," retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough. — Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson"
(v) :
to shed (skin)
"a week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
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