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scoriae


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scoria  \Sco"ri*a\,  n.;  pl  {Scori[ae]}.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ? 
  dung,  ordure.] 
  1.  The  recrement  of  metals  in  fusion,  or  the  slag  rejected 
  after  the  reduction  of  metallic  ores;  dross. 
 
  2.  Cellular  slaggy  lava;  volcanic  cinders. 




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