Found 2 items, similar to dreg.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dreg dreg n : a small amount of residue
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dreg Dreg \Dreg\ (dr[e^]g), n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. dr["a]gg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. Draw.] 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. [1913 Webster] We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster]