Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile). · Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer). · An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off). · ignore, shrug (off) · Alternative spelling of slough (discard). · to avoid working
From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).
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