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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dross
    n 1: worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;
         "there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity,
         dross]
    2: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
       [syn: slag, scoria, dross]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dross \Dross\ (dr[o^]s; 115), 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Rust of metals. [R.] --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the
      better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
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            All world's glory is but dross unclean. --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

            At the devil's booth are all things sold,
            Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold.
                                                  --Lowell.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Dross
   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.
   

Thesaurus Results for Dross:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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