tailings
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tailings
noun
- plural of tailing
noun
- The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining. Meronym: culm
- 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[…]
- Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.
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Talk about this word "tailings." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tailings. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tailings. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tailings "tailings." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tailings.
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@misc{tailings_2026,
title = {tailings},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tailings},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
