slag, scoria, dross
(noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scoria (countable and uncountable, plural scorias or scoriae)
The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore. [from 14th c.]
(geology) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater. [from 18th c.]
• Corias, cariso
Source: Wiktionary
Sco"ri*a, n.; pl. Scorlæ. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the eduction of metallic ores; dross.
2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
