SLAG - 15 definitions found
slag n 1: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals [syn: slag, scoria, dross] v 1: convert into slag Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) slag I. noun Etymology: Middle Low German slagge Date: 1552 the dross or scoria of a metal II. noun Etymology: earlier argot slag coward, worthless person Date: circa 1958 slang chiefly British a lewd or promiscuous woman III. transitive verb (slagged; slagging) Etymology: probably from 2slag Date: 1971 chiefly British to criticize harshly Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary slag (slags, slagging, slagged) Slag is used by some people to refer to a woman who they disapprove of because they think she is sexually immoral. (BRIT INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE) N-COUNT [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary slag slæɡ n. & v. --n. 1 vitreous refuse left after ore has been smelted, dross separated in a fused state in the reduction of ore, clinkers. 2 volcanic scoria. 3 sl. derog. a a prostitute or promiscuous woman. b a worthless or insignificant person. --v. (slagged, slagging) 1 intr. a form slag. b cohere into a mass like slag. 2 tr. (often foll. by off) sl. criticize, insult. øslag-heap a hill of refuse from a mine etc. slag-wool = mineral wool. øøslaggy adj. (slaggier, slaggiest). [MLG slagge, perh. f. slagen strike, with ref. to fragments formed by hammering] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue SLAG A slack-mettled fellow, one not ready to resent an affront. Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary SLAG Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary slag Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Thomas phosphate \Thom"as phos"phate\ or slag \slag\ . Same as Basic slag, above. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Slag \Slag\, n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. 2. The scoria of a volcano. Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Slag \Slag\, n. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Slag \Slag\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Slagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slagging.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms slag n. Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders, scoria. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 81 Moby Thesaurus words for "slag": alluvion, alluvium, ash, ashes, bones, brand, calx, carbon, chaff, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, culm, deadwood, deposition, deposits, diluvium, dishwater, draff, dregs, dross, dust, ember, feces, filings, froth, fume, garbage, gash, grounds, hogwash, husks, lava, leavings, lees, loess, moraine, offal, offscourings, offscum, orts, parings, potsherds, precipitate, precipitation, rags, raspings, reek, refuse, scoria, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, sediment, settlings, shards, shavings, silt, sinter, slack, slop, slops, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, stubble, sublimate, sullage, sweepings, swill, tares, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds |
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