dross
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noun
1.
waste matter; refuse.
2.
Metallurgy. a waste product taken off molten metal during smelting, essentially metallic in character.
3.
British. coal of little value.
Origin:
before 1050; Middle English dros(se), Old English drōs; cognate with Middle Dutch droes dregs; compare Middle English drōsen, Old English drōsna; cognate with Middle High German truosen husks
before 1050; Middle English dros(se), Old English drōs; cognate with Middle Dutch droes dregs; compare Middle English drōsen, Old English drōsna; cognate with Middle High German truosen husks
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dross (drɒs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals |
| 2. | worthless matter; waste |
| [Old English drōs dregs; related to Old High German truosana] | |
| 'drossy | |
| —adj | |
| 'drossiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dross
O.E. dros "dirt, dregs," from P.Gmc. *drohs- (cf. Ger. Drusen "dregs, husks"). Originally "the scum thrown off from metals in smelting." Related to O.E. dreosan "to drip."
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Bible Dictionary
Dross 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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
The dross has been burned away and what remains is the essential character.
To find something rewarding, the curious outsider has to plough through piles of dross, with little to guide him.
It's as though the elegance and ease of all our shiny screens make consumption of trivial dross more tasteful.
Either find gold in the dross or take out the garbage and have done with it.
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