The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed.
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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