The Collaborative International Dictionary
sloo \sloo\ (sl[=oo]), or slue \slue\ (sl[=u]), n. A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
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.]
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A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
--Chaucer.He's here stuck in a slough.
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[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.]
Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop seed, and nimble Will.
Wiktionary
alt. A slough; a run or wet place. n. A slough; a run or wet place.
Usage examples of "sloo".
The caldron emptied, Scruv and Sloo crawled into the dark interior of their cave to sleep, where they were presently followed by Balal.
Instantly Dhung let out a scream that might have been heard in Amiocap--a scream that brought Sloo rushing from the cave.
Sloo, and grabbing Dhung by his long hair she cuffed his ears and dragged him into the interior of the cave, where for a long time Tanar could hear blows and screams, mingled with the sharp tongue of Sloo and the curses of Scruv.
He wanted to talk to him and arrange for a guide to the village of Jude, but it was Sloo who first emerged from the cave.
Scurv, filled with suspicion and hatred and a guilty conscience, is anxious to believe anything bad that he can of Sloo, and as he does not wish to be convinced that he is wrong it stands to reason that nothing can convince him, so that your only hope is in flight.
Directly behind him were Sloo and Dhung, and Tanar saw that each carried a club.
Scurv hesitated, his stupid mind requiring time to readjust itself and change from one line of thought to another, but Sloo was quick to see the advantage of utilizing the unwelcome guest and she willing to delay his murder until he had brought back his kill.
Scurv and Sloo and Dhung came out almost immediately, armed and ready to kill me.
Sometimes she recalled Balal, her brother, for he had been kind to her, but Scurv and Sloo and Dhung she tried to forget.
Scruv and Sloo crawled into the dark interior of their cave to sleep, where they were presently followed by Balal.
Dhung let out a scream that might have been heard in Amiocap--a scream that brought Sloo rushing from the cave.