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Sullage

Sū'il-lāge, n.

noun

(sū'il-lēj, 45), n. [Written also sulliage, sullage, q. v.] [O. Fr. souillage, soillage, from souiller, souillier. See SULLY and SOIL.] Drain of filth. [Obs.] Wotton.

Sūl'lage, n.

noun

n. [See SULLIAGE and SULLAGE.] [Obs.] 1. A drain of filth, or filth collected from the street or highway. The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. Evelyn. 2. 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. South.