scoriae
- plural of scoria.
Example Sentences
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How and why did they shape their scoriae colossi?
From Time Magazine Archive
His passions are scoriae, his imagination a holocaust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasionally a part of the wall might even go black, into pock-marked scoriae or into brilliant planes of obsidian.
From The Vortex Blaster by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
It has been found profitable to resmelt the scoriae of the ancient workings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
At different periods, and in different degrees of activity and force, the permanent volcanoes emit steam acids, luminous scoriae, or, when the resistance can be overcome, narrow, band-like streams of molten earths.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
