Quetzalcoatl
Ku Kul Can
Matt. 10:16
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
Mystery of Carnaval, Venice
Chess: "Quetzalcoatl" "Ku Kul Can" "slough"slough: (Middle English, from Old English
slōh)n.- A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.
- also slue A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.
- A state of deep despair or moral degradation.
slough2: [Middle English
slughe.]
n.- The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian.
- Medicine. A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.
- An outer layer or covering that is shed.
v.intr.- To be cast off or shed; come off: The snake's skin sloughs off.
- To shed a slough.
- Medicine. To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.
v.tr. To discard as undesirable or unfavorable; get rid of: slough off former associates.
Thesaurus: slough1
noun
A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, swamp, swampland, wetland. Seedry/wet.
verb
To cast off by a natural process: exuviate, molt, shed, throw off. Seeput on/take off.
The word slough (in British English pronounced /ˈslaʊ/, to rhyme with "cow"; in American and Canadian English pronounced /ˈsluː/, "slew") has several meanings related to wetland or aquatic features.
The
etymology is related to the Dutch word 'slechten' = to lower, to cut, to destroy. Also related to 'to slay'. In Irish, Gaelic
sloc = a pit, pool. Also related to (German) schlucken, (Swed.) sluka, (Dutch) slikken = to swallow. Related to 'slime'.
Trnaslations:
Dansk (Danish)1.
n. - sump, mudderpøl, morads
2.
v. intr. - skyde ham, skifte hud
v. tr. - kaste af, aflægge, løsne
n. - slangeham, dødt kød
idioms:
- slough off aflægge, smyge af sig
Nederlands (Dutch)
modderpoel, inzinking, afwerpen, vervellen
Français (French)
1.
n. - bourbier, marécage
2.
v. intr. - (Zool) perdre (la peau), muer
v. tr. - se débarrasser de
n. - (fig) abîme
idioms:
- slough off (Zool) perdre, se détacher, tomber, (fig) se débarrasser de
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sumpf
2.
v. - abstreifen
n. - abgestreifte Haut, Schorf
idioms:
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δέρμα φιδιού, παρατημένη συνήθεια, απορριπτόμενο ή αποβαλλόμενο επίστρωμα, (φυσιολ.) εσχάρα (κν. κακάδι, κάκαδο), βάλτος, τέλμα
v. - αποβάλλω/-ομαι, απορρίπτω/-ομαι, (στο μπριτζ κ.λπ.) ξεσκαρτάρω
idioms:
- slough off αποβάλλω (κακή συνήθεια)
Italiano (Italian)
pozzanghera, immergere, sprofondare
idioms:
Português (Portuguese)
n. - lamaçal (m), brejo (m), charco (m), jogar fora, despojo (m), degradação moral
v. - desprender-se, mudar (de pele), livrar-se, cair
idioms:
Русский (Russian)
болото, грязный, непроезжий участок дороги, заводь, уныние, выползок (змеи), струп, забытая привычка, сброшенная карта, менять кожу, осыпаться, покрываться струпьями, сбрасывать карту
idioms:
- slough off сходить (о коже), сбрасывать (кожу), бросать, отбрасывать, избавляться
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - lodazal, pantano
2.
v. intr. - cubrirse de costras, formar costra, desprenderse, caerse
v. tr. - mudar (piel), deshacerse de, echar de sí (una costra), roer, consumir formando costra
n. - piel que muda la serpiente, hábito o costumbre que se abandona, costra, éscara
idioms:
- slough off caerse (la piel)
Svenska (Swedish)n. - träsk, moras, dy, avgrund, lerpöl, sumpmark, stillastående vatten, ormskinn, sårskorpa, dödkött, tomt skal
v. - ömsa skinn, bilda skorpa (dödkött), kasta av, fälla, bryta
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