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Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society.

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  1. n. Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society.
  2. n. a small amount of residue
  3. Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden. Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural.
  4. Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, orprecipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment;hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregsof society.We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.
  5. n. a small amount of residue