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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dreg \Dreg\, n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw dr["a]gg, cf Icel. & Sw draga to draw. Cf {Draw}.] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence the vilest and most worthless part of anything as the dregs of society. We the dregs and rubbish of mankind. --Dryden. Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dreg n : a small amount of residue
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