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ullage

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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ul=lage

CIDE DICTIONARY

ullagen. [OF. eullage, ouillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See Oil.].
     The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ullage, n.
1 the amount by which a cask etc. falls short of being full.
2 loss by evaporation or leakage.

Etymology
ME f. AF ulliage, OF ouillage f. ouiller fill up, ult. f. L oculus eye, with ref. to the bung-hole

ROGET THESAURUS

ullage

Contents

N contents, cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag, cartload, shipload, cup of, basket of, of, inside, stuffing, ullage.


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