scoria
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Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
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Geology. a cinderlike basic cellular lava.
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a rough cindery crust on top of solidified lava flows containing numerous vesicles
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refuse obtained from smelted ore; slag
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Origin of scoria
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin scōria < Greek skōría, derivative of skôr dung
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Scoria was falling, and destroying all the shrubs and flowers in the beautiful valley.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon
Pamfilio Scoria had in vain tried to preserve his rights.
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
This is not strange, inasmuch as Rafinesque had no settled form of his own, and varied the spelling at different times; as, for instance, Scoria, Hicoria, Hickorius and Hicorius.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.
Scoria, skō′ri-a, n. dross or slag left from metal or ores after being under fire: a genus of geometrid moths:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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