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Hence, refuse; fifth; offal. [Obs.] auden.

refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless. The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people. Addison.

The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.

sensible of it. Locke. They are now sensible it would have been better to comply than to refuse. Addison.

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.]

The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.

Scum; refuse. Bryskett.

The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]

To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick. Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being "nobs" De Quincey.

Is it thus do you mean what you say -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses So [Colloq.]

Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham.

Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.

Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash. Anger would indite Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write. Dryden.

A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.