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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
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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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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