Refuse, rubbish; debris, industrial waste (esp. from a pit or quarry).

= redd, n.1 2.

The clearings from the surface; the surface soil, the dross of metals.

English regional (north-eastern). The waste material from a quarry; (also) = rid, n.1 2.

technical. Earth or refuse material thrown or brought up in excavating, mining, dredging, etc.

the debris brought up by boring.

The mixture of water or mud fluid with cuttings that is produced in rock drilling.

(See quots.)