sullage

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They ask leave to bore ten feet lower, to prevent the possibility of what they call "a choking with sullage."

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  1. noun Silt deposited by a current of water.
  2. noun Waste materials or sewage; refuse.

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  • They ask leave to bore ten feet lower, to prevent the possibility of what they call "a choking with sullage." —  The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870
  • Nevertheless, 13. 9% of households in California, and 7% in the U.S., save some part of their sullage -- legally or not -- according to a grey water study conducted by Soap and Detergent Association. —  Fast Company
 

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  1. Perhaps from French souiller, to soil; see sully.

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  1. Early modern English also sulledge, sulliage, suillage, from Old French *souillage, *soillage, from souiller, soil: see soil. Cf. sulliage.
 

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