cinder
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slag \Slag\ (sl[a^]g), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G.
schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from
the metal by hammering. See {Slay}, v. t.]
1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified
cinders.
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2. The scoria of a volcano.
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3. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as
silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as
matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than
the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting,
{cinder}. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially
silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of
lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron.
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{Slag furnace}, or {Slag hearth} (Metal.), a furnace, or
hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore.
{Slag wool}, mineral wool. See under {Mineral}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cinder \Cin"der\ (s[i^]n"d[~e]r), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross;
akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel;
perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf.
{Sinter}.]
1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in
which fire is extinct.
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2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. --Swift.
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3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.
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4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.
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{Cinder frame}, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of
a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.
{Cinder notch} (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace,
through which melted cinder flows out.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "cinder":
alluvion, alluvium, ash, ashes, brand, burning ember, calx, carbon,
charcoal, clinker, coal, coke, coom, deposition, deposits,
diluvium, draff, dregs, dross, ember, feces, firebrand, froth,
fume, grounds, lava, lees, live coal, loess, moraine, offscum,
precipitate, precipitation, reek, scoria, scum, sediment,
settlings, silt, sinter, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot,
sublimate, sullage
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