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Definition of Sullage
1. n. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
Definition of Sullage
1. Noun. The liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage ¹
2. Noun. silt or sediment deposited from flowing water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sullage
1. sewage [n -S] - See also: sewage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullage
Literary usage of Sullage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... the name of the paddle by which old ploughs were cleaned from the earth which
hung about them. sullage, in Rural Economy, я term applied to a drain ..."
2. Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical by Joseph Gregory Horner (1892)
"(2) The end timbers in the under frame of a railway truck. ting oast on the upper
end of cylindrical work to form a receptacle for the dross, sullage, ..."
3. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"... the finished casting has a long piece on top, the so-called "dead-head"
or "sullage-piece," which is later on sawed off and remelted with a new charge. ..."
4. Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S., Made on Various Occasions, in the by John Smeaton (1837)
"He had also high satisfaction in finding, that by the means proposed last year,
a great part of the basin was now cleared of sullage down to the chalk; ..."
5. On the Smokeless Fire-place, Chimney-valves, and Other Means, Old and New by Neil Arnott (1855)
"joints of the pipes, and the entrance of water from around them, was, that the
quantity of mixed sullage and water running along the pipes to the ..."
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