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Webster 1913 Edition

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[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] dung, ordure.]

The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.

Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

Noun.

[L. from the Gr. rejected matter, that which is thrown off.]

Dross; the recrement of metals in fusion, or the mass produced by melting metals and ores.