slag
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge (whence also Dutch slak, German Schlacke, Swedish slagg); originally, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering; compare slay.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slag (countable and uncountable, plural slags)
- Waste material from a coal mine.
- 2011, Vivienne Dockerty, A Woman Undefeated, page 54,
- After the big village, the scenery had returned to grass and woodland, but this had now given way to ugly mounds of discarded slag. Beyond the slag was a colliery with its machinery and smoking chimney, making the whole area look grim and austere.
- 2011, Vivienne Dockerty, A Woman Undefeated, page 54,
- Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
- 2006, Melisa W. Lai, Michele Burns Ewald, Chapter 95: Silver, Martin J. Wonsiewicz, Karen G. Edmonson, Peter J. Boyle (editors), Goldfrank′s Toxicologic Emergencies, 8th Edition, page 1358,
- In Asia Minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea, dumps of slag (scum formed by molten metal surface oxidation) demonstrate that silver was being separated from lead as early as 5000 BC.
- 2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255,
- He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.
- 2006, Melisa W. Lai, Michele Burns Ewald, Chapter 95: Silver, Martin J. Wonsiewicz, Karen G. Edmonson, Peter J. Boyle (editors), Goldfrank′s Toxicologic Emergencies, 8th Edition, page 1358,
- Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
- Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
- 2008, Barbara S. Ottaway, Ben Roberts, The Emergence of Metalworking, Andrew Jones (editor), Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice, page 207,
- Consequently, mounds of large ‘cakes’ of slag are often found near the smelting sites of the Late Bronze Age, as for example at Ramsau in Austria (Doonan et al. 1996).
- Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
- 2006, Jan R. Prusinski, 44: Slag as a Cementitious Material, Joseph F. Lamond, James H. Pielert (editors), Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials, page 517,
- During blast furnace operations, the plant operator pays careful attention to the slag chemistry (both composition and variability) as slag behavior is a major consideration in ensuring the quality of hot metal (molten iron).
- 2010, Yuri N. Toulouevski, Ilyaz Y. Zinurov, Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces, Springer, page 16,
- All these properties are determined by slag composition and its temperature. In basic slags, foaming ability increases as SiO2 concentration grows.
- 2006, Jan R. Prusinski, 44: Slag as a Cementitious Material, Joseph F. Lamond, James H. Pielert (editors), Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials, page 517,
- Scoria associated with a volcano.
- (Britain, derogatory, dated) A coward.
- (Britain, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) A contemptible person, a scumbag.
- 1996, Sarah Kane, Phaedra′s Love, Scene 8, 2001, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, page 100,
- Kill him. Kill the royal slag.
- 2012, Danny Dyer, tweet, quoted by Alexis Petridis, "Danny Dyer: why them 9/11 slags are freaking his nut", The Guardian
- Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since them slags smashed into the twin towers
- 1996, Sarah Kane, Phaedra′s Love, Scene 8, 2001, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, page 100,
- (Britain, derogatory) A prostitute.
- 1984, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, 1997, paperback edition, page 260,
- We never talked about that, of course; we talked about how we could find a woman in the Dilly, and if the Yanks had taken them all, how we could always resort to the peroxided older slags who hung out around the side doors to Waterloo station and did knee tremblers for the Yanks.
- 1984, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, 1997, paperback edition, page 260,
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, slang, derogatory) A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut.
- 2002, Josephine Cox, The Woman Who Left, 2012, ebook, unnumbered page,
- ‘Slag! Wait till I tell Jacob what we′ve been doing – and I will, you mark my words! He′ll want nowt to do with you then, will he, eh? He′ll see you for what you really are. A cheap and nasty little bitch!’
- 2008, Ashley Lister, Swingers - Female Confidential, page 31,
- ‘ […] He was a lovely man but, when I told him I wanted to continue swinging, he freaked out and called me a slag.’
- 2002, Josephine Cox, The Woman Who Left, 2012, ebook, unnumbered page,
Synonyms[edit]
- (impurities from a metal): dross, recrement, scoria
- (woman with loose sexual morals): see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
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Verb[edit]
slag (third-person singular simple present slags, present participle slagging, simple past and past participle slagged)
- (transitive) To produce slag.
- (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
- (transitive, sometimes with "off") To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
- 2010, Courtenay Young, Help Yourself Towards Mental Health, page 344:
- If you slag off the other person, then—to the extent that your child identifies with that person as their parent—you are slagging off a part of them.
- 2010, Courtenay Young, Help Yourself Towards Mental Health, page 344:
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.
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References[edit]
- slag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “slag” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slag m (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)
Derived terms[edit]
- aan de slag
- aanslag
- inslag
- kaakslag
- neerslag
- ontslag
- slaginstrument
- slagschip
- slagvaardig
- slagveld
- toverslag
- veldslag
Noun[edit]
slag n (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slag n (genitive singular slags, plural sløg)
- hit; punch
- (medicine) stroke
- battle between two armies, navies or air forces
- kind; sort
- (biology, taxonomy) species
Declension[edit]
Declension of slag | ||||
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n6 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | slag | slagið | sløg | sløgini |
accusative | slag | slagið | sløg | sløgini |
dative | slag, slagi | slagnum, slaginum | sløgum | sløgunum |
genitive | slags | slagsins | slaga | slaganna |
Derived terms[edit]
- grønmetisslag
- rótaslag
- berjaslag
- plantuslag
- soppaslag
- dýraslag
- fiskaslag
- meyruslag
- eiturkoppaslag
- undirslag (subspecies)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Lívfrøðilig frøðinevni (Jens-Kjeld Jensen & Marjun A. Simonsen) (nomenclature)
- Øktur føroyskur frøðinevnalisti (Jens-Kjeld Jensen) (Extended List of Nomenclature)
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
slag n (genitive singular slags, nominative plural slög)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse slag, and slagr (sense 4)
Noun[edit]
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga or slagene)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “slag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga)
- a blow, a strike, a punch
- Boksaren traff med eit hardt slag.
- The boxer landed a hard punch.
- a battle
- Napoleon tapte slaget ved Waterloo.
- Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo.
- (medicine) a stroke
- Tanta mi er på sjukehus etter å ha fått slag.
- My aunt is in hospital after having a stroke.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
slag n (definite singular slaget, indefinite plural slag, definite plural slaga)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “slag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
slag n
- hit; punch
- the hit of a ball by a bat or a racket
- battle between two armies, navies or air forces
- stroke; the striking of a clock
- Klockan slog just tre slag.
- The clock just struck three strokes.
- stroke; the time when a clock strikes
- Han kom precis på slaget midnatt.
- He came on the stroke of midnight.
- (medicine) stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- kind; sort
- En fågel av ett ovanligt slag
- A bird of an unusual kind
- En fågel av ett ovanligt slag
- while; moment; a short period of time
- Kom hit ett slag!
- Come here a minute!
- A fold on the legs of a pair of trousers, where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.
Declension[edit]
Declension of slag | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | slag | slaget | slag | slagen |
Genitive | slags | slagets | slags | slagens |
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- nl:Baseball
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