drossless
English
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editdrossless (comparative more drossless, superlative most drossless)
- Free from dross.
- 1791, William Bagshaw Stevens, "to the author of the poem on the loves of the plants" (prefixed to Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)
- OFT tho' thy genius, DARWIN! amply fraught
With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind;
Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought,
Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind;
- OFT tho' thy genius, DARWIN! amply fraught
- 1791, William Bagshaw Stevens, "to the author of the poem on the loves of the plants" (prefixed to Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)