English Dictionary: sullage | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sullage \Sul"lage\, n. [Cf. {Suillage}, {Sulliage}.] 1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. [Obs.] The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. --Evelyn. 2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.] It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below. --South. 3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. 4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water. {Sullage piece} (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See {Sprue}, n., 1 (b) . |