2013/03/11 08:10:21
ProjectM
Both would be very difficult to install in the kitchen....
2013/03/11 10:46:45
Old55
Slough Gin Fizz?
2013/03/11 11:16:55
Mystic38
Old55


Slough Gin Fizz?


I will learn how to make that next year when the gin arrives
2013/03/11 11:28:34
CoteRotie
Is there a VST version?
2013/03/11 12:21:09
Zonno
Where do they actually make slough sauce?
2013/03/11 12:49:43
Old55
Cole-slough?
2013/03/11 13:30:36
SteveStrummerUK
I always though 'Slough' was Brummagen for the opposite of 'fast'
 
 
 
 
2013/03/11 13:52:31
craigb
ProjectM


That's very interesting.

I found this on the Merriam online dictionary thingy:
 
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1slough

noun \ˈslü, ˈslau̇; in the US (exc New England) ˈslü is usual for sense 1 with those to whom the sense is familiar; British usually ˈslau̇ for both senses\




Definition of SLOUGH

1
a : a place of deep mud or mire
b also slew or slue \ˈslü\ (1) : swamp (2) : an inlet on a river; also : backwater (3) : a creek in a marsh or tide flat

2
: a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection
sloughy \-ē\ adjective

Origin of SLOUGH

Middle English sloughe, slo, from Old English slōh; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch First Known Use: before 12th century


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Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with SLOUGH

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo [-]hide
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2slough

verb
Definition of SLOUGH

transitive verb
: to engulf in a slough

intransitive verb
: to plod through or as if through mud : slog

First Known Use of SLOUGH

1846

Rhymes with SLOUGH

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff


3slough

noun \ˈsləf\
Definition of SLOUGH

1
: the cast-off skin of a snake

2
: a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer

3
: something that may be shed or cast off

Variants of SLOUGH

slough also sluff

Origin of SLOUGH

Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch snakeskin First Known Use: 14th century



4slough

verb \ˈsləf\
Definition of SLOUGH

intransitive verb
1
a : to become shed or cast off
b : to cast off one's skin
c : to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue

2
: to crumble slowly and fall away

transitive verb
1
: to cast off

2
a : to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous —usually used with off
b : to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding

Variants of SLOUGH

slough also sluff

First Known Use of SLOUGH

1720


Slough

geographical name \ˈslau̇\
Definition of SLOUGH

town SE cen England in Berkshire pop 98,600



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The relevance to kitchens are very obvious to me.


Apparently, it's related to the FSF...
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