slough

slough

¹

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

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slough

²

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

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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)

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Slough

 

a city in Great Britain, in the industrial zone outside Greater London. Located on the London-Bristol railroad line. Population, 101,800(1974). Slough has electronics, automobile, chemical, machine-building, and electrical-engineering industries.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.