scoria

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Inherited from Middle English, from Latin scōria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία (skōría), from σκῶρ (skôr, “dung”).

Whence came they? how planted upon this once scraggy scoria of a country? — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
The column of cinders, of scoriae, of broken rocks and earth, had wholly ceased to ascend. — A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
Scoria were abundant, and large shapeless blocks of the black granite, intermingled with others of marl, {*6} and both granulated with metal. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

slag, dross

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