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  • 111trash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rubbish, garbage, refuse, offal, litter, debris; junk, scrap, waste. See uselessness, populace. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rubbish] Syn. garbage, waste, refuse, dregs, filth, litter, debris, dross,… …

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  • 112feces — also faeces, c.1400, dregs, from L. faeces sediment, dregs, pl. of faex (gen. faecis) grounds, sediment, lees, dregs, of unknown origin. Specific sense of human excrement is from 1630s …

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  • 113defecate — [c]/ˈdɛfəkeɪt / (say defuhkayt) verb (defecated, defecating) –verb (i) 1. to void excrement. 2. to become clear of dregs, impurities, etc. –verb (t) 3. to clear of dregs, impurities, etc.; purify; refine. {Latin dēfaecātus, past participle,… …

  • 114dreg — n. 1 (usu. in pl.) a a sediment; grounds, lees, etc. b a worthless part; refuse (the dregs of humanity). 2 a small remnant (not a dreg). Phrases and idioms: drain (or drink) to the dregs consume leaving nothing (drained life to the dregs).… …

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  • 115fecula — noun excreta (especially of insects) • Hypernyms: ↑body waste, ↑excretion, ↑excreta, ↑excrement, ↑excretory product * * * /fek yeuh leuh/, n., pl. feculae / lee /. 1. fecal matter, esp. of insects …

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  • 116Amurcous — A*mur cous, a. [LL. amurcosus, L. amurca the dregs of olives, Gr. amo rghs, fr. ame rgein to pluck.] Full off dregs; foul. [R.] Knowles. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 117Drab — (dr[a^]b), n. [AS. drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. drab, drabbe, dregs, G. treber; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. {Draff}.] 1. A low, sluttish woman. King. [1913 Webster] 2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.… …

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  • 118Dreg — (dr[e^]g), n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. dr[ a]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… …

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  • 119Feculence — Fec u*lence, n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. f[ e]culence.] 1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 120Sentine — Sen tine, n. [L. sentina bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs: cf. F. sentine.] A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [Obs.] Latimer. [1913 Webster] …

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