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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sordes  \Sor"des\,  n.  [L.,  fr  sordere  to  be  dirty  or  foul.] 
  Foul  matter;  excretion;  dregs;  filthy,  useless,  or  rejected 
  matter  of  any  kind  specifically  (Med.),  the  foul  matter  that 
  collects  on  the  teeth  and  tongue  in  low  fevers  and  other 
  conditions  attended  with  great  vital  depression. 

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