Sullage /(?)/
Sul·lage
Sullage
n.
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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.
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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.
- The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. (Founding)
- Silt; mud deposited by water. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Sullage piece
- the sprue of a casting. See Sprue, n., 1 (b).