sullage
Noun

sullage (uncountable)

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



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