dross

Speech parts

1. dross - Noun

2. dross - Verb

Meaning

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

Rust of metals.

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

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Examples

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands. Robert Benchley

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage. Ezra Pound

This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away. Rumi

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life. Carl Andre

The silver is become dross. Latin Proverb

Beauty is but dross it honesty be lost. Dutch Proverb

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