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121refuse — I. v. a. 1. Deny, decline. 2. Reject, repudiate, exclude, repel, rebuff, decline. II. n. Dross, scum, dregs, sediment, lees, draff, recrement, rubbish, trash, offscum, offscouring, scoria, slag, offal, garbage, waste matter. III. a. Worthless,… …
122chaff — I n 1. husks, shucks, hulls, glumes, pods, shells; cases, casings, outer coverings; peels, skins, rinds. 2. refuse. Dial. culch, rubbish, garbage, waste, Brit. wastrel, discarded matter; offal, carrion, rot, spoil; offscourings, dregs, draff,… …
123dreg — n 1. dregs lees, grounds, sediment, deposit, settlings, draff, heeltap, Chem. sublimate, Chem. precipitate; residue, residuum, debris, detritus, fecula, remnants, leftovers, remainder, remains, rest; refuse, garbage, trash, rubbish, offal,… …
124feces — n 1. waste matter, excrement, excreta, stools, waste, dirt; dung, manure, compost, ordure, guano, droppings, Inf. do, Sl. load, Sl. doo doo; cow or buffalo chips, Brit. cow pat, U.S. West cow pies, Sl. flops, coprolites, coproliths. 2. dregs,… …
125garbage — n 1. refuse, Dial. culch, rubbish, waste, Brit. wastrel, discarded matter; offal, carrion, rot, spoil; offscourings, dregs, draff, remains, leavings, leftovers; scraps, orts, hogwash, swill; remainder, residue, residuum, scum. 2. junk, worthless… …
126leaving — Usu. leavings n 1. waste, wastage, remains, refuse, spoils; offscourings, scourings, sweepings, scum; sawdust, shavings, parings, filings, scrapings, raspings; chaff, stubbles; slag, sprue, dross, sordes; (all of skin) shreddings, sloughings,… …
127lee — I n 1. shelter, protection, cover, refuge. 2. leeward. See leeward(def.2). II n Usu. lees dregs, grounds, sediment, deposit, settlings, draff, dunder, Chem. sublimate, crystals, Chem. precipitate; residue, residuum, remainder, remains, dross,… …
128muck — n 1. dung, manure, ordure, compost, night soil; excrement, feces, leavings, droppings, guano, Chiefly Midwestern. flops. 2. slop, wash, hogwash, swill, wallow, sough; sewage, matter, draff, bilge; scum, smudge, feculence, dross, gumbo; filth,… …
