different between ullage vs sullage

English

Etymology

From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ulliage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask”), from Old French oel (“bunghole", literally, "eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”). See French ouillage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?d?/

Noun

ullage (countable and uncountable, plural ullages)

1. In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
2. In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel, or through spillage.
3. The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine.
4. In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, such as for fuel.

Derived terms

• ullage motor

Verb

ullage (third-person singular simple present ullages, present participle ullaging, simple past and past participle ullaged)

1. To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it.

English

Etymology

Compare suillage, sulliage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l?d?/

Noun

sullage (usually uncountable, plural sullages)

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 the sullage.

2. Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
3. That which sullies or defiles.
   • , "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.

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