·add. ·- A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate.
·adj Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. II. Basic ·adj Said of crystall...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt The scoria of a volcano. II. Slag ·vt The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cind...
A slack-mettled fellow, one not ready to resent an affront. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not sili...
·add. ·- Steel produced by the basic process. ...
·add. ·- ·same·as Basic slag, above. ...