scoria

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The Spaniards traversed the country of a cacique, Scoria, and arrived at the residence of another called Pariza.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus

Scoria was falling, and destroying all the shrubs and flowers in the beautiful valley.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon

I sought for an old friend of mine in Rome," said Don Silverio, endeavouring to gain his attention and divert his thought, "one Pamfilio Scoria.

From The Waters of Edera by Ouida

Scoria, skō′ri-a, n. dross or slag left from metal or ores after being under fire: a genus of geometrid moths:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Formula           formul� Nebula nebul� Lamina lamin� Scoria scori�.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)