Definition of refuse

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Refuse (n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

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Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To deny, as a claim; to refuse..
Mull :: Mull (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Disallow :: Disallow (v. t.) To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge..
Midden :: Midden (n.) An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens..
Slam :: Slam (n.) The refuse of alum works.
Offscouring :: Offscouring (n.) That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised..
Negative :: Negative (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative..
Garbage :: Garbage (n.) Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome..
Shoddy :: Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo..
Remainder :: Remainder (a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Nonconcur :: Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.
Slush :: Slush (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard..
Calx :: Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post..
Pug :: Pug (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain.
Wern :: Wern (v. t.) To refuse.
Taplash :: Taplash (n.) Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor..
Wale :: Wale (v. t.) To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it..
Scutch :: Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Lag :: Lag (a.) Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior..
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