(Homonym: mall, maul).
The girl friend of a gangster; SYN. gun moll, gangster's moll.
In music, German equivalent to “minor” when referring to key, as in “b moll” (b minor).
It is the opposite of dur (“hard”, “major”).
A bag in which rags are kept.
ETYM Swed. slagg, or lg. slacke, whence German schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. Related to Slay.
The dross or scoria of a metal.
In chemistry, the molten mass of impurities that is produced in the smelting or refining of metals.
The slag produced in the manufacture of iron in a blast furnace floats on the surface above the molten iron. It contains mostly silicates, phosphates, and sulfates of calcium. When cooled, the solid is broken up and used as a core material in the foundations of roads and buildings.
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals; SYN. scoria, dross.
A dirty untidy woman; SYN. slut, slovenly woman.
A coarse obnoxious person; SYN. sloven, pig, slovenly person.
One habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness especially in personal appearance
ETYM Old Eng. slutte; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel. slöttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.
(Pejorative) A prostitue.
ETYM From Troll to roll, to stroll; but cf. also Trull.
A prostitute, a whore.
A vulgar or disreputable woman; especially; one who engages in sex promiscuously or for money.