sullage
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sullage (usually uncountable, plural sullages)
- The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage.
- 1645 February 18 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 8 February 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
- The streets [were] exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for the sullage.
- Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
- That which sullies or defiles.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:, "The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary"
- It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
- (metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
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- Water Supply & Sanitation - by M. Feroze Ahmed & Md. Mujibur Rahman
- OED 2nd edition 1989