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Sloughing
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noun
Sloughing
n. (Zool.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
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"Sloughing" Quotes from Famous Books
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rent off robe and wreath, * so as a
sloughing
serpent doth, Laid them at the rhymer's feet, * shed down wreath and raiment both, Stood in a dim and shamed stole, * like the tattered wing of a
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— Poems • Francis Thompson
Words linked to "Sloughing" :
abscission
,
slough
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ecdysis
,
biological process
,
molt
,
moult
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organic process
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moulting
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