slag : Idioms & Phrases

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basic slag

  • noun slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
WordNet

slag code

  • noun a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects
    logic bomb.
    • a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb
WordNet

Slag furnace, ∨ Slag hearth

  • (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore.
Webster 1913

Slag wool

  • mineral wool. See under Mineral.
Webster 1913