SLAG

slag, scoria, dross

(noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

slag

(verb) convert into slag

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

slag (countable and uncountable, plural slags)

waste material from a coal mine

scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders

Synonyms: dross, recrement, scoria

hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material

scoria associated with a volcano

(UK, pejorative, dated) a coward

(UK, chiefly, Cockney, pejorative) a contemptible person, a scumbag

(UK, pejorative) a prostitute

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, slang, pejorative) a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut

Synonyms

• (woman with loose sexual morals): see promiscuous woman

Verb

slag (third-person singular simple present slags, present participle slagging, simple past and past participle slagged)

(transitive) to produce slag

(intransitive) to become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point

(transitive) to reduce to slag

(transitive, sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)

(intransitive, Australia, slang) to spit

Anagrams

• GALS, gals, lags

Source: Wiktionary

Slag, n. Etym: [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.]

1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.

2. The scoria of a volcano. Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore.

– Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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