Slough
81slough of despond — Etymology: from the Slough of Despond, deep bog into which Christian falls on the way from the City of Destruction and from which Help saves him in the allegory Pilgrim s Progress (1678) by John Bunyan Date: 1776 a state of extreme depression …
82Slough of Despond — noun A state of despondency. ,2003, Why could Johnson not drag himself out of this slough of despond? Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 183) …
83slough of despond — If someone is very depressed or in despair, they re in a slough of despond. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
84slough away/down — (of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression. → slough …
85Slough of despond — If someone is very depressed or in despair, they re in a slough of despond …
86slough grass — noun North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns • Syn: ↑prairie cordgrass, ↑freshwater cordgrass, ↑Spartina pectinmata • Hypernyms: ↑cordgrass, ↑cord grass * * * see …
87slough bass — see slough I noun : largemouth black bass …
88slough ice — see slough I noun : slushy ice or snow …
89slough over — |sləf transitive verb Etymology: slough (IV) : slight, gloss II 1 dwell on a few of the aspects of group work that are currently being sloughed over W.H.Whyte …
90Slough — geographical name town SE central England in Berkshire population 98,600 …