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De - Pt| English Dictionary: dreg | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dreg \Dreg\, n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. dr[84]gg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. {Draw}.] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. --Dryden. Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural. | |
