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• slough — slough1 /slow/ for 1, 2, 4; /slooh/ for 3, n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or… …   Universalium

• slough — I [[t]slaʊ[/t]] for 1,2,4; [[t]slu[/t]] for 3 n. 1) an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region 2) a hole full of mire, as in a road 3) brit. dial. Also, slew IV slue III a marshy pool, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4) a condition… …   From formal English to slang

• slough — 1. n. a swamp; a miry place; a quagmire. Phrases and idioms: Slough of Despond a state of hopeless depression (with ref. to Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress). Derivatives: sloughy adj. Etymology: OE sloh, slo(g) 2. n. & v. n. 1 a part that an animal… …   Useful english dictionary

• throw off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abrupt, ad lib, addle, alienate, articulate, ball up, bat out, befuddle, bewilder, blow, botch, break the habit, breathe, breathe out, buck off, bungle, cast, cast off, cast out, chime, chorus, clear, come out …   Moby Thesaurus

• discard — vb Discard, cast, shed, molt, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of as of no further use, value, or service. Discard literally denotes the getting rid of a card from one s hand in a card game, usually because they are worthless or can be… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Human skin — Skin epidermis (A), dermis (B), and subcutis (C), showing a hair follicle (1), sweat gland (11) sebaceous gland (7) Latin cutis …   Wikipedia

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• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …   Wikipedia

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

• List of games on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — This is a list of games featured on BBC Radio 4 s long running antidote to panel games , I m Sorry I Haven t a Clue. Some are featured more frequently than others. Contents 1 The Bad Tempered Clavier 2 Blues 3 Board o …   Wikipedia