Sco"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Scorlae (#). [L., fr. Gr. , fr. dung, ordure.]
1.
The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the eduction of metallic ores; dross.
2.
Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
© Webster 1913.
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