dross
d raws
- n worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
- n the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- And from such dross is true art made.
- But he was a name by then, and his audience was usually entranced enough by the insights he offered to accept all the dross that accompanied them.
- I took a sip from the glass (which he had forgotten to salt) and tasted a cloyingly sweet dross.