tailings
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Synonyms: tailing, failings, mailings, railings, sailings, taplings, taipings, tilings, wailings, ailing, wailing
Antonyms: tailing, failings, mailings, railings, sailings, taplings, taipings, tilings, wailings, ailing, wailing
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Noun
- {{plural of|en|tailing}}
Noun
- {{lb|en|mining}} The [[waste]] that remains after the [[mineral]]s have been extracted from an [[ore]] by [[ore dressing]]; the waste from [[coal#Noun|coal]] mining.
- {{lb|en|alcohol production}} The weak [[feints]], the last [[fraction]] of product obtained at the end of [[distillation]], typically impure and containing [[fusel oil]]s.
- {{lb|en|agriculture}} Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.
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