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slaggy

[slag-ee]
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adjective, slag·gi·er, slag·gi·est.
  1. of, relating to, or like slag.
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Origin of slaggy

First recorded in 1680–90; slag1 + -y1
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Historical Examples

  • Slaggy and scoriaceous phases are common, but probably represent only a small part of the different flows.

    Mount Rainier

    Various

  • In a basal flow in Moraine Park, the slaggy and compact phases show differences in phenocrysts as well as in groundmass.

  • It was hard walking over the shingly, slaggy stones, but they made their way to the summit at last.

    A Desert Drama

    A. Conan Doyle