The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Geology Porous cinderlike fragments of dark lava. Also called cinders, slag.
n. Metallurgy The refuse of a smelted metal or ore; slag. Also called cinder.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
n. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Dross; cinder; slag: a word of rather variable and indefinite meaning, generally used in the plural, and with reference to volcanic rocks. See scoriaceous.
n. A genus of geometrid moths, containing such as the black-veined moth, S. dealbata.
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n. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Word Usage
"From the observatory, where His Majesty's faithful servant still remains, come telegrams that the great pebbles -- what we call scoria -- have ruined"