- It’s sordid, a bit backward, and is poor quality - Metal refuse - Scum of melting metals - Slag - Slag, waste material - Smelting waste - Waste matter
- Metal refuse - Slag - Smelting waste - The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected
after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. - Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
- The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a
wall. - Same as Tail, n., 8 (a). - Sexual intercourse. - The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed
threshing and winnowing; chaff. - The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of
the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure
whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.