slag

noun

The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.

transitive & intransitive verb

To change into or form slag.

To form a slag, or to cohere when heated so as to become a slag-like mass.

noun

The earthy matter separated, in a more or less completely fused and vitrified condition, during the reduction of a metal from its ore.

The scoria of a volcano.