SULLAGE

Etymology

Noun

sullage (usually uncountable, plural sullages)

The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage.

Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.

That which sullies or defiles.

(metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.

Anagrams

• Seagull, sea-gull, seagull, ullages

Source: Wiktionary

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Sul"lage, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.

4. (Hydraul. Engin.)

Definition: Silt; mud deposited by water. Sullage piece (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See Sprue, n., 1 (b).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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