What does dross mean?

Definitions for dross
drɔs, drɒsdross

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. impurity, drossnoun

    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

    "there were impurities in the water"

  2. slag, scoria, drossnoun

    the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

Wiktionary

  1. drossnoun

    Waste or impure matter

  2. drossnoun

    Worthless or trivial matter

  3. drossnoun

    Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation

  4. drossnoun

    The impurities in metal

  5. drossnoun

    A waste product from working with metal

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DROSSnoun

    Etymology: dros, Saxon.

    Some scumm’d the dross that from the metal came,
    Some stirr’d the molten ore with ladles great,
    And every one did swink, and every one did sweat. Fai. Qu.

    Should the mixture of a little dross constrain the church to deprive herself of so much gold, rather than learn how, by art and judgment, to make separation of the one from the other? Richard Hooker, b.v.s.20.

    An emperor, hid under a crust of dross, after cleansing, has appeared with all his titles fresh and beautiful. Joseph Addison, On Metals.

    Fair proud, now tell me, why should fair be proud,
    Sith all world’s glory is but dross unclean;
    And in the shade of death itself shall shroud,
    However now thereof ye little ween? Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 2.

    That most divine light only shineth on those minds, which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanness. Ral.

    All treasures and all gain esteem as dross,
    And dignities and pow’rs all but the highest. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

    Such precepts exceedingly dispose us to piety and religion, by purifying our souls from the dross and filth of sensual delights. John Tillotson, Sermon 5.

Wikipedia

  1. Dross

    Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal or dispersed in the metal, such as in wrought iron. It forms on the surface of low-melting-point metals such as tin, lead, zinc or aluminium or alloys by oxidation of the metal. For higher melting point metals and alloys such as steel and silver, oxidized impurities melt and float making them easy to pour off. With wrought iron, hammering and later rolling remove some dross. With tin and lead the dross can be removed by adding sodium hydroxide pellets, which dissolve the oxides and form a slag. If floating, dross can also be skimmed off. Dross, as a solid, is distinguished from slag, which is a liquid. Dross product is not entirely waste material; for example, aluminium dross can be recycled and is also used in secondary steelmaking for slag deoxidation.

ChatGPT

  1. dross

    Dross is typically waste or impurity that is removed from a finer material during a smelting or refining process. It can also refer to something considered worthless, substandard, or inferior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Drossnoun

    the scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement

  2. Drossnoun

    rust of metals

  3. Drossnoun

    waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse

  4. Etymology: [AS. dros, fr. dresan to fall. See Dreary.]

Wikidata

  1. Dross

    Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal or dispersed in the metal, such as in wrought iron. It forms on the surface of low-melting-point metals such as tin, lead, zinc or aluminium or alloys by oxidation of the metal. With wrought iron, hammering and later rolling, removed some dross. With tin and lead the dross can be removed by adding sodium hydroxide pellets, which dissolve the oxides and form a slag. Dross can also be skimmed off. Dross, as a solid, is distinguished from slag, which is a liquid. Dross product is not entirely waste material; aluminium dross, for example, can be recycled and is used in secondary steelmaking for slag deoxidation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dross

    dros, n. the scum which metals throw off when melting: waste matter: refuse: rust.—n. Dross′iness.—adj. Dross′y, like dross: impure: worthless. [A.S. drós, from dreósan, to fall; cf. Dut. droesem; Ger. druse.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DROSS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dross is ranked #51281 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dross surname appeared 406 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dross.

    73.6% or 299 total occurrences were White.
    19.4% or 79 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.1% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
    1.2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dross in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dross in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dross in a Sentence

  1. Alexis karpouzos:

    ''God, why give Wings for the angels, but feet for people? . ''You were born to dream, you were born to love''. ''Give me wine. Give me bread, Lift me higher! Lift me higher! From this sphere of earthly dross, redeem me from the clay!

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