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Meanings of dross in English
Usage of dross in English
1
Away from the mega-dross, it was, in fact, a fine 12 months.
2
You feel a different person, as if much dross were sloughed off.
3
The lead should be melted first and all the dross cleaned off.
4
The dross must be tested to ensure it is safe for removal.
5
They say rolling stones gather no moss; but they gather dross sometimes.
6
Step into the fire, and let it burn the dross from you.
7
Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water.
8
Earthly crowns are dross to him who looks for a heavenly one.
9
These were those golden strains from which all mortal dross seems purged.
10
But remember, I have told you that gold is nothing but dross.
11
If wet, the dross could create a dangerous cloud of ammonia gas.
12
At the time the country's wine industry was churning out dross.
13
Others, more nuggetlike, featured knobs or jagged protuberances-recentlywashed free of stony dross.
14
The dross had been burnt up in the flame of war.
15
He takes the dross for the pure gold, the phantom for the reality.
16
Not a sparkle of the ore they sought; all was dross.
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