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n.
See Drossel.
n.
The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
v.
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
n.
A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.
a.
Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
pl.
of Drosky
n.
Rust of metals.
v. t.
The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
n.
Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel.
v. t.
To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
n.
The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
n.
Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
n. sing. & pl.
The dross of metals.
superl.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless.
n.
Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
n.
Removed scum; refuse; dross.
n.
Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
a.
Free from dross.
n.
A slut; a hussy; a drazel.
n.
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
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