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Slough (slou), city (1991 pop. 106,341) and borough, central England. After World War I, the residential city and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part to its proximity to London. Slough was the home of the astronomer William Herschel Herschel (hûr`shəl), family of distinguished English astronomers. ..... Click the link for more information. . slough1 1. a hollow filled with mud; bog 2. US and Canadian a. (in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole b. (in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river c. (on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet slough2 1. any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc. 2. Bridge a discarded card Slough 1. an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop.: 126 276 (2001) 2. a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop.: 118 800 (2003 est.). Area: 28 sq. km (11 sq. miles) slough [slau̇] (engineering) The fragments of rocky material from the wall of a borehole. Also known as cavings. (hydrology) A minor marshland or tidal waterway which usually connects other tidal areas; often more or less equivalent to a bayou. (medicine) A necrotic mass of tissue in, or separating from, healthy tissue. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We came out upon it where a large slough entered from the blueberry swamp. But the young man wrote that his father, an india-rubber merchant who lived in Slough, did not approve of the union, and Fraulein Thekla was often in tears. But about the wicked there is another strain; they bury them in a slough in Hades, and make them carry water in a sieve; also while they are yet living they bring them to infamy, and inflict upon them the punishments which Glaucon described as the portion of the just who are reputed to be unjust; nothing else does their invention supply. |
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