Sullage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr.
     souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.]
     A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also
     {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sullage \Sul"lage\, n. [Cf. {Suillage}, {Sulliage}.]
     1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or
        highway; sewage. [Obs.]
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              The streets were exceedingly large, well paved,
              having many vaults and conveyances under them for
              sullage.                              --Evelyn.
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     2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.]
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              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.
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     3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in
        the ladle.
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     4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
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     {Sullage piece} (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See
        {Sprue}, n., 1
        (b) .
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