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Dross :: Dross (n.) Rust of metals.

Recrement :: Recrement (n.) Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore..

Drossy :: Drossy (superl.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless..

Sinter :: Sinter (n.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals..

Refine :: Refine (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..

Scobs :: Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals.

Scum :: Scum (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..

Drotchel :: Drotchel (n.) See Drossel.

Scoria :: Scoria (n.) The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross..

Drossless :: Drossless (a.) Free from dross.

Slag :: Slag (v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders..

Dross :: Dross (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..

Offscum :: Offscum (n.) Removed scum; refuse; dross.

Sprue :: Sprue (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross..

Dross :: Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement..

Drazel :: Drazel (n.) A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel.

Bloom :: Bloom (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..

Recrementitious :: Recrementitious (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.

Drossel :: Drossel (n.) A slut; a hussy; a drazel.

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