Definition of Dross

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Definition of Dross

Dross

The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.

Rust of metals.

Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

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Dross Quotations

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands.
Robert Benchley

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
Paracelsus

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
Samuel E. Morison

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
Carl Andre

Dross Translations

dross in German is Schlacke

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