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Webster 1913 Edition
Dreg
Dreg
(drĕg)
, Noun.
Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything;
as, the
. dregs
of societyWe, the
dregs
and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.
☞ Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural.