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Definition dross

Etymology

From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English dr?s, an apocopated variant of Old English dr?sna, dr?sne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from *dr?cg +‎ -sn, from Proto-Germanic *dr?hsn?, from *dragj? +‎ *-sn?, ("yeast, sediment"; compare *dragj? (“yeast”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rag?- (“sediment, yeast”). Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin frac?s (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs.

Noun

dross (usually uncountable, plural drosses)

1. Waste or impure matter.
2. Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation.
3. The impurities in metal.
4. A waste product from working with metal.
5. (figuratively) Worthless or trivial matter.

Verb

dross (third-person singular simple present drosses, present participle drossing, simple past and past participle drossed)

1. (transitive) To remove dross from.

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