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scoriation

noun

Etymology

The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the English words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.

  1. derived from scoria

Definitions

  1. A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse…

    A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.

    • "The tracks of his father's foot were gone. Where they had been were now long, watercloudy scoriations resembling the sporadic course of a Lilliputian mowing machine." ~William Faulkner

  2. An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets…

    An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."

  3. aphetic form of excoriation

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA