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

Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..

Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..

Slough :: Slough (a.) Slow.

Sloughed :: Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Sloug.

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

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..

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

Sloughing :: Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sloug.

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..

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..

Sloughy :: Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh..

Slough :: Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew..

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

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

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

Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..

Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..

Welter :: Welter (n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough..

Sphacelus :: Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

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