The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
The scoria of a volcano.
A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; - called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron.
To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
The setting in of the tide toward the shore, - the ebb being called the reflux.
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.
The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
To cause to become fluid; to fuse.
To cause a discharge from; to purge.
