Dross

Definition of Dross

Pronunciation: drǒs; 115

n.	1.	The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.
	2.	Rust of metals.
	3.	Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse. All world's glory is but dross unclean. - Spenser. At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. - Lowell.

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alluvion, alluvium, ash, ashes, brand, calx, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, deposition, deposits, diluvium, draff, ember, feces, froth, fume, grounds, lava, lees, loess, moraine, offscum, precipitate, precipitation, reek, scoria, scum, sediment, settlings, silt, sinter, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, sublimate, sullage

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