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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dross \Dross\, 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. 2. Rust of metals. [R.] --Addison. 3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part leavings; dregs; refuse. All world's glory is but dross unclean. --Spenser. At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. --Lowell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dross n 1: worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" [syn: {impurity}] 2: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals [syn: {slag}, {scoria}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.
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