Dregs

pl. [A. S. drig, dry; Ger. dreck, dirt; Swed. dragg; Icel. dregg, sediment; allied to Gr. trux, trugos, lees of wine, from trugo, to dry.] The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; feculence; any foreign matter of liquors that remains at the bottom of a ve el; hence, any waste or worthle matter, or most vile and despicable part of; dro ; sweepings; refuse; as, the dregs of society, to drain a bottle to the dregs, . "The dregs and squeezings of the poet's brain." - Dryden. Dre'hersville, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Schuylkill co.