slag (slăg)
n.

1. The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.
2. See scoria (sense 1).

tr. & intr.v., slagged, slag·ging, slags.
To change into or form slag.

[Low German slagge, from Middle Low German.]

slaggy slag'gy adj.

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