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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to convert into slag.
5.
Metallurgy. to remove slag from (a steel bath).
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Slagged
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verb (used without object)
6.
to form slag; become a slaglike mass.
Related forms
slag·a·ble, adjective
slag·a·bil·i·ty, noun
slag·less, adjective
slag·less·ness, noun
un·slagged, adjective
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Word Origin & History
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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Science Dictionary
slag  (slāg) Pronunciation Key
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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