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tailings

noun

Definitions

  1. plural of tailing

  2. The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing

    The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.

    • Meronym: culm

  3. The weak feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation,…

    The weak feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation, typically impure and containing fusel oils.

    • […] and it is made into a mash which is fermented and distilled in the same way that an ordinary grain mash is handled in a whisky distillery. The tailings from the still are first compressed to extract the water, and[…]
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    1. Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain…

      Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.

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