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slag heap

alt. A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound. n. A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.

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Kheti -would have fussed about bad food and dirt, would have made her -wash the -wounds and choke down nauseating stews of the -weeds growing on Anyag's mountainous slag heap to supplement the unvarying diet of patts and bean paste.

She wasted long hours just sitting on the ore heap, watching clouds drift across the sky, watching the evening shadows lengthening in front of the slag heap that blocked off half the sky, desultorily turning over bits of broken rock in her fingers from time to time.

Fearing he might fall and break his precious spectacles, Limbeck tucked them carefully into the pocket of his shirt and began to make his way across the slag heap.

After 1635, the spectrometer will not work well enough to give good results, so there is some urgency to the task of getting samples sent from every existing slag heap and rubble pile.

There wasn't even a dust haze now to mark where the outhouses had been and the frightful slag heap had slithered half across the flower garden where we'd stood, blistering the trees with its heat and withering the flowers.

Suddenly, Xanatos whirled around, took three long steps toward the slag heap, and pushed himself off, flying through the air with both lightsabers slashing toward Qui-Gon, every muscle ready to drive the blow home.