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The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
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Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
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(transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.
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(intransitive) To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
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(transitive, card games) To discard.
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(intransitive, slang, Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
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(British) A muddy or marshy area.
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(Eastern US) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.
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(Western US) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
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A state of depression.
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(Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.