Sloo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  sloo \sloo\ (sl[=oo]), or slue \slue\ (sl[=u]), n.
     A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d {Slough}, 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow
     place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to
     swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug
     to swallow. Gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.]
     1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
        --Chaucer.
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              He's here stuck in a slough.          --Milton.
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     2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel
        or inlet from a river.
  
     Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo},
           and {slue}.]
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     {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for
        grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop
        seed}, and {nimble Will}.
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