Meaning of DROSS
| Pronunciation: | | dros
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- [n] worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
- [n] the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
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| | Synonyms: | | impurity, scoria, slag |
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| | See Also: | | basic slag, scum, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dross\, n. [AS. dros, fr. dre['o]san to fall. See
{Dreary}.]
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. [R.] --Addison.
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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| | Definition: | | the impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isa. 1:22, 25. |
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| | Related Terms: | | alluvion, alluvium, ash, ashes, brand, calx, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, deposition, deposits, diluvium, draff, dregs, 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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