'Dross' definitions:
Definition of 'dross'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Dross'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Definition of 'dross'
From: Easton
- 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.
Synonyms of 'dross'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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