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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Slag(g)(e, n. [e.m.E. slagg (1552), MLG slagge.] A piece of refuse material separated from the metal in the process of smelting ore. —1645–6 J. Hope Diary (1958) 148.
At the ryght end of the panne and fornace was ane ergasterie … at the which they did … pull out the slages … the slagges wer drawen out and sturred to make them cleire of the metall with gavelockes and porres
