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DREGS

\dɹˈɛɡz], \dɹˈɛɡz], \d_ɹ_ˈɛ_ɡ_z]\

Definitions of DREGS

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Impurities in liquor that fall to the bottom, the grounds: dross: the vilest part of anything.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Dregginess.
Lees; refuse; vilest part.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Dregginess.
Sediment; lees; refuse.
Dreggish.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The sediment of liquors, the lees, the grounds; anything by which purity is corrupted; dross, sweepings, refuse.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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