The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; feculence; any foreign matter of liquors that subsides to the bottom of a vessel containing them.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    Waste or worthless matter; dross; sweepings; refuse; hence, what is most vile and worthless: as, the dregs of society.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    Solid impurities found in raw fats. W. L. Carpenter, Soap and Candles, p. 83