SEDIMENT
NOUNS
► GROUNDINGS sediment, grounds → 1420 obs.
► GROUND-SOPE dregs, sediment → 1400 obs.
► GROUT sediment, dregs, lees → 1697
► GRUDGLINGS dregs of coffee, tea, etc.; sediment left in the bottom of a cup → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRUMMEL mud, dregs, sediment → 1558 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HOVE lees, dregs, sediment of oil, ale, etc. → 1440 obs.
► JIGGS sediment or small dregs, as in a pot of coffee → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGS sediment, dregs → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAYS sediment, dregs → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SETTLINGS sediment → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAILS sediment, dregs; the inferior, less valuable, or refuse part of anything → 1542
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