Slough (?), a. Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Slough (?), n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. slh a hollow place; cf. MHG.
slch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a
pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to hiccough,
to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer.
He's here stuck in a slough.
Milton.
2. [Pronounced sl.] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from
a river. [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. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.
Slough (?), n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl&?;ch 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.) 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.) 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. To cast off; to discard as refuse.
New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing
herds.
Emerson.
Slough"ing (?), n. (Zoöl.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as
do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
Slough"y (?), a. Full of sloughs, miry.
Slough"y (?), a. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead
matter which separates from living flesh.
Slov"en (?), n. [D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG.
sluf slovenly.] A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and
order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope.
He became a confirmed sloven.
Macaulay.
Slov"en*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being slovenly.
Slov"en*ly, a. 1. Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness
and order, especially in dress.
A slovenly, lazy fellow, lolling at his ease.
L'Estrange.
2. Characteristic of a sloven; lacking neatness and order; evincing
negligence; as, slovenly dress.
Slov"en*ly, adv. a slovenly manner.
Slov"en*ness, n. Slovenliness. [Obs.] Fuller.
Slov"en*ry (?), n. Slovenliness. [Obs.] Shak.
Slow (sl), obs. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.
Slow (sl), a. [Compar. Slower (?); superl. Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw,
AS. slw; akin to OS. slu blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. slo
blunt, dull, Icel. slr, slær, Dan. slöv, Sw. slö. Cf. Sloe, and Sloth.]
1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick
in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow
motion.