ˈdreg noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse dregg; akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil, Greek tarattein, tarassein to disturb, stir, Albanian diā dregs of oil, Old English deorc dark — more at dark
1. : sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated from it : less — usually used in plural
the night-porter took a tankard from a hook and emptied all the dregs from the glasses into it — George Bellairs
2. : the poorest or most undesirable part of anything — usually used in plural
the dregs of society
3. : the last remaining part : vestige
with some dregs of timidity still in his soul — John Buchan