culch vs dross

culch

noun
  • Junk or debris. 

  • The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds. 

  • An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use. 

verb
  • To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed. 

adj
  • Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile. 

dross

noun
  • Waste or impure matter. 

  • Worthless or trivial matter. 

  • The impurities in metal. 

  • Residue that forms on the surface of molten metal from oxidation. 

  • A waste product from working with metal. 

verb
  • To remove dross from. 

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