sullage

Noun

sul=lage

CIDE DICTIONARY

sullage, n. [Cf. Suillage, Sulliage.].

Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. [1913 Webster]
"The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage." [1913 Webster]
That which sullies or defiles. [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." [1913 Webster]
The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. [1913 Webster]
Silt; mud deposited by water. [1913 Webster]

Sullage piece (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See Sprue, n., 1 (b).

sullage, n. filth, refuse, sewage.

Etymology

perh. f. AF suillage f. souiller SOIL(2)