(mostly plural) Dregs, lees; fæces, refuse, residue.

Dregs.

(Usually plural) The sediment of liquors; the more solid particles which settle at the bottom of a solution or other liquid; grounds, lees…

plural. What remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees. Obsolete.

Matter remaining at the bottom of a liquid, esp. following distillation, purification, etc.; dregs, sediment; †the last portion of wine in a cask (obs…

A heel-tap; a portion of a drink left at the bottom of a cup. Obsolete.

The liquor, or sediment, obtained by tilting a vessel; dregs, lees. Obsolete.

concrete (plural) The dregs of the liquor in a cask, collected by tilting it. Obsolete.

slang. A small amount of alcoholic drink left at the bottom of a glass.

In the production of rum: the lees or dregs from the fermentation of a batch of cane juice or molasses, which contains active yeasts and is…

In various applications. See quot. 1905, and cf. bottom, n. 9a.