n. A piece or mass of any substance that has been partially consumed or calcined by heat and then quenched: as, the cinder of a forge.n. A small live coal among ashes; an ember.n. pl. The mass of ashes, with small fragments of unconsumed coal interspersed, which remains after imperfect combustion, or after a fire has gone out. (See coke.)n. plural In geology, coarse ash or scoriæ thrown out of volcanos. (See ash.) This material when solidified becomes tuff or tufa.n. One of the scales thrown off by iron when it is worked by the blacksmith.n. In metallurgy, slag, especially that produced in making pig-iron in the blast-furnace.n. Any strong liquor, as brandy, whisky, sherry, etc., mixed with a weaker beverage, as soda-water, lemonade, water, etc., to fortify it; a “stick.”