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dross the scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals dross [drȯs] (metallurgy) An impurity, usually an oxide, formed on the surface of a molten metal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For indeed the moonlight that fell across her bosom was not whiter than my thoughts, nor could any kiss--were it even such a kiss as Venus promised to the betrayer of Psyche--even in its fiercest delirium, be other than dross compared with the wild white peace of those silent hours when we lay thus married and maiden side by side. Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature, beat even in these rugged bosoms. His eyes were shining like an angel's, and his face was transfigured, purged of all earthly dross, and pure and holy. |
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