slag 1
— slagable , adj. — slagability , n. — slagless , adj. — slaglessness , n.
/slag/ , n. , v. , slagged, slagging .
n.
1. Also called cinder . the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
2. the scoria from a volcano.
3. waste left over after the re-sorting of coal.
v.t.
4. to convert into slag.
5. Metall. to remove slag from (a steel bath).
v.i.
6. to form slag; become a slaglike mass.
[ 1545-55; slagge; c. G Schlacke dross, slag; see SLACK 2 ]
slag 2
/slag/ , n.
Brit. Slang. an abusive woman.
[ 1780-90; orig. an argot word for a worthless person or a thug; perh. identical with SLAG 1 ]