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| 1. | Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore. |
| 2. | the scoria from a volcano. |
| 3. | waste left over after the re-sorting of coal. |
| 4. | to convert into slag. |
| 5. | Metallurgy. to remove slag from (a steel bath). |
| 6. | to form slag; become a slaglike mass. |
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slag·a·ble, adjective
slag·a·bil·i·ty, noun
slagless, adjective
slag·less·ness, noun
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| sco·ri·a
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n. pl. sco·ri·ae (skôr'ē-ē', skōr'-)
[Middle English, dross, from Latin scōria, from Greek skōriā, from skōr, excrement, dung; see sker-3 in Indo-European roots.] sco'ri·a'ceous (-ā'shəs) adj. |
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| slag
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tr. & intr.v. slagged, slag·ging, slags To change into or form slag. [Low German slagge, from Middle Low German.] slag'gy adj. |
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slag
1552, from M.L.G. slagge (Ger. Schlacke) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to O.H.G. slahan "to strike, slay" (see slay). Verbal slang meaning "denigrate" is from 1971, from noun sense of "worthless person" (1788).
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| slag | |
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| 1. | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals |
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| 1. | convert into slag |
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| slag
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The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore. It consists mostly of the siliceous and aluminous impurities from the iron ore. |
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Slag
Slag\, n. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Slag
Slag\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Slagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slagging.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Slack\, n. [Cf. Slag.] Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. --Raymond.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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