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Webster 1913 Edition
Sullage
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sullage
SUL'LAGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sullage
sullage
English
Noun
sullage (usually uncountable, plural sullages)
- The liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage
- Evelyn
- The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage.
- Evelyn
- silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
- That which sullies or defiles.
- South
- It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
- South
- (metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
Derived terms
- sullage piece
References
- Water Supply & Sanitation - by M. Feroze Ahmed & Md. Mujibur Rahman
- OED 2nd edition 1989