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71ullage — [15] Ullage denotes the amount of unfilled space in a wine bottle or barrel. It goes back ultimately to Latin oculus ‘eye’ (a distant relative of English eye), in the metaphorical sense ‘bung hole of a barrel’. As the word passed into Old French… …
72ullage — [ul′ij] n. [ME ulage < Anglo Fr ulliage < OFr ouillage, a filling up to the brim or the bunghole < ouiller, to fill (a cask) to the bunghole < ueil, an eye, fig. bunghole < L oculus, an EYE] the amount by which a container, esp. of …
73ullage — 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 …
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