scoria noun & adjective. ['skɔ:rɪǝ] Pl. -riae [-rɪi:], (rare) -rias. LME.
[Latin from Greek skōria refuse from skōr dung.]
A. noun.
1. The slag or dross remaining after the smelting out of a metal from its ore. LME.

2. Geology. Rough masses resembling clinker, formed by the cooling of volcanic ejecta, and of a light aerated texture. L18.
b. adjective. Geology. Composed of scoria. L19.
scoria cone = cinder-cone s.v. CINDER noun.

■ scoriac adjective = scoriaceous M19.

■ scori'aceous adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling scoria L18.

■ scoriform adjective having the form of or resembling scoria L18.

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