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Slag is waste matter separated from metal during smelting.

(noun)

An example of slag is the iron and silica that is removed during copper and lead smelting.

To slag is defined as to create waste matter from metal smelting.

(verb)

An example of to slag is for the heat of copper smelting to remove the iron and silica from the copper.

See slag in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the fused refuse or dross separated from a metal in the process of smelting
lava resembling this
Chiefly Brit., Slang
1. a worthless, contemptible person
2. a sexually promiscuous woman

Origin: < MLowG slagge (> Ger schlacke) < slagen, to strike: for IE base see slay

transitive verb slagged, slagging

to form into slag
Chiefly Brit., Slang to criticize, disparage, or insult: often with off

intransitive verb

to form into slag

Related Forms:

slaggy adjective slaggier, slaggiest

See slag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.
See scoria.

tr. & intr.v. slagged slagged, slag·ging, slags

To change into or form slag.

Origin:

Origin: Low German slagge

Origin: , from Middle Low German

Related Forms:

slagˈgy adjective

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