Index of English words, starting with "sl"

(1) - Slouchy (a.) Slouching.

(1) - Slough (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.
(2) - 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.
(3) - Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
(4) - Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
(5) - Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
(6) - Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
(7) - Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
(8) - Slough (a.) Slow.

(1) - Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
(2) - Sloughy (a.) Full of sloughs, miry.