Dregs
Bible Usage:
- dregs used 3 times.
- First Reference: Psalms 75:8
- Last Reference: Isaiah 51:22
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dregs
(Psalms 75:8; Isaiah 51:17, 22), the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of the vessel.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dregs
DREGS, noun plural [Gr.]
1. The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; feculence; any foreign matter of liquors that subsides to the bottom of a vessel.
2. Waste or worthless matter; dross; sweepings; refuse. Hence, the most vile and despicable part of men; as the dregs of society.
Dreg, in the singular, is found in Spenser, but is not now used.