sullage

English

Etymology

Compare suillage, sulliage.

Noun

sullage (usually uncountable, plural sullages)

1. The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage.
   • Evelyn

     The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage.

2. Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
3. 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.

4. (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

Anagrams

• Seagull, sea-gull, seagull, ullages