Slag
[slæg] or [slæɡ]
Definition
(noun.) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
(verb.) convert into slag.
Editor: Miriam--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
(v. t.) The scoria of a volcano.
Typist: Penelope
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders.
Edited by Diana
Definition
n. vitrified cinders from smelting-works &c.: the scori?of a volcano.—v.i. to cohere into slag.—adj. Slag′gy pertaining to or like slag.
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- The result was an intermediate substance, neither glass nor whinstone--a sort of slag. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The lime was added as a flux, and acted to unite with itself the sand, clay and other impurities to form a slag or scoria. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The process was subsequently aided by the introduction of pig iron broken into pieces and mixed with hammer-slag, cinder, and ore. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These blooms consist of particles of nearly pure iron cohering, but retaining still a quantity of slag or vitreous material, and other impurities, which slag, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They were to her sinister creatures, standing watching after her, by the heap of pale grey slag. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The fused metal sinks to a basin in the bottom of the furnace, and the slag or impurities run off above the level of the basin at the side of the furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This smelting was then followed by hammering to further separate the slag, and probably after a reheating to increase the malleability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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