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  • 21scoria — n. Dross, slag, recrement …

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  • 22scoria — sco·ria …

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  • 23scoria — /ˈskɔriə / (say skawreeuh) noun (plural scoriae /ˈskɔrii / (say skawreeee)) 1. the refuse, dross, or slag left after smelting or melting metals. 2. a clinker like cellular lava. {Latin, from Greek skōria slag} –scoriaceous /skɔriˈeɪʃəs/ (say… …

  • 24scoria —   n. (pl. iae ) slag; slag like mass of lava.    ♦ scoriac,    ♦ scoriaceous, scorious, a.    ♦ scoriform, a. like slag.    ♦ scorify, v.t. reduce to slag …

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  • 25scoria — n. (pl. scoriae) 1 cellular lava, or fragments of it. 2 the slag or dross of metals. Derivatives: scoriaceous adj. Etymology: L f. Gk skoria refuse f. skor dung …

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  • 26Mount Scoria Conservation Park — is a park near Thangool, Queensland in Central Queensland, Australia, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south east of Biloela.[1] It is within the traditional lands of the Gangulu aboriginal people. It features Mount Scoria, a mountain whose peak… …

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  • 27Elvis Scoria — (born July 5, 1971 in Pula) was a Croatian footballer and as of 2007 the manager of NK Istra 1961 in the Croatian Second League.During his playing career he played for NK Rijeka, NK Croatia Zagreb, NK Istra, NK Zagreb and UE Lleida. Before his… …

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  • 28thread-lace scoria — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS See reticulite …

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  • 29Scoriae — Scoria Sco ri*a, n.; pl. {Scori[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? dung, ordure.] 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. [1913 Webster] 2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders. [1913… …

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  • 30Historic eruptions of Mount Fuji — Mount Fuji is the tallest volcano in Japan, and also the volcano with the greatest volume. It is believed to have grown greatly in volume in the last 100,000 years, so it can be classified as a young volcano . The mountain as it appears now is… …

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