Sullage piece

Sullage piece
Sullage Sul"lage, n. [Cf. {Suillage}, {Sulliage}.] 1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. [1913 Webster]

4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water. [1913 Webster]

{Sullage piece} (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See {Sprue}, n., 1 (b) . [1913 Webster]


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