Definition of dreg

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Dreg (n.) Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society..

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Ground :: Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds..
Amurcous :: Amurcous (a.) Full off dregs; foul.
Dreg :: Dreg (n.) Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society..
Addle :: Addle (n.) Lees; dregs.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee..
Bonito :: Bonito (n.) The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies..
Settling :: Settling (n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Lees :: Lees (n. pl.) Dregs. See 2d Lee.
Sediment :: Sediment (n.) The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs..
Lee :: Lee (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural..
Medregal :: Medregal (n.) See Bonito, 3..
Squeezing :: Squeezing (n.) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
Dreggy :: Dreggy (a.) Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent.
Roil :: Roil (v.) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring..
Feces :: Feces (n. pl.) dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine..
Draffy :: Draffy (a.) Dreggy; waste; worthless.
Retriment :: Retriment (n.) Refuse; dregs.
Dunder :: Dunder (n.) The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
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