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ullage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ullage  \Ul"lage\  (?;  48),  n.  [OF.  eullage,  ovillage,  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}.] 
  (Com.) 
  The  amount  which  a  vessel,  as  a  cask,  of  liquor  lacks  of 
  being  full;  wantage;  deficiency. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ullage 
  n  :  the  amount  that  a  container  (as  a  wine  bottle  or  tank)  lacks 
  of  being  full 




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