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Webster 1913 Edition


Sullage

Sul′lage

,
Noun.
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
,
Noun.
, 1
(b)
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sullage

SUL'LAGE

,
Noun.
[See Sulliage.] A drain of filth, or filth collected from the street or highway.