ullagen.

Brit.

/ˈʌlɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈəlɪdʒ/

Forms: Middle English oylage, vlage, 1500s Scottish vlege, 1700s– ullage.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ulliage, Old French ouillage, eullage (heulliage), œillage (also Anglo-Latin oliagium, oyll-, ull-, ulagium), Provençal ulhage, oulhage, < Old French ouiller, eullier, oiller, œiller (Anglo-Latin oillare), Provençal ulha, oulha, to fill up (a barrel). Forms with initial a- are also given by Godefroy, viz. aouillage and aouillier, aoillier, aeullier, etc. (1295–).

a. The amount of wine or other liquor by which a cask or bottle falls short of being quite full (originally the quantity required to make good the loss by leakage or absorption).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > amount lost from cask

ullage1444

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > amount short of fullness

ullage1444

1297 Chanc. Misc. (P.R.O.) Bd. 2 No. 15 (5) Tradidi etiam eidem vnam pipam pro oliagio predictorum doleorum.

1329 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1878) I. 224 De ij doliis et j pipa vini... Et in vllagio..j et dimidium.

a1377 Rolls of Parl. II. 384 Item par Adam le Ken pur ulliage es Vins mesme l'an 1 ton' 1 pip'.]

1444 in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Compota Domestica (1836) 26 In vlage et lecage per tempus predictum, [84] lagene [bere].1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 288 Paid for iiij. galons wyne, iij. qrtes. for oylage for the ton wyne, iij. s. ij. d.1565 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 211 The twn of wyne at this present..xvj crownis of the sone;..item, of fraucht xvj crownis sone; item, for vlege vj li.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ullage of a Cask, is what such a Vessel wants of being full.1749 W. Yeo Ullaging & Inching 3 As often as these Lines are used for determining the Ullages of Casks.1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. (at cited word) The ullage of a vessel, whose axis is parallel to the horizon, may be found thus.1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1324 It is usually tunned into hogsheads of a hundred gallons each, leaving a few gallons ullage.1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 297 (Moonshine) I held the bottle up to the candle to ascertain the ullage.1885 W. Ecockes in Civilian 3 Jan. 141/2 A work..comprising tables of ullages of casks, whose bung diameters range from 15 to 40 inches.

b. on ullage, (in a vessel) not completely full.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > state of not being full (of cask)

on ullage1863

1863 T. G. Shaw Wine xi. 302 It is injurious to Rhenish wine to be left on ullage.

1880 Act 43 & 44 Vic. c. 24 §43 The casks in which spirits are removed may be either full or..on ullage.

1883 Times 17 Nov. 10 The wines should not remain long on ullage.

a. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > leavings after main part exhausted > remaining in cask or package

ullage1832

1832 S. Roose Ullaging 5 By knowing the vacuity, and subtracting it from the whole content, leaves the Ullage or the quantity of liquor then in the cask.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 705 Ullage, the remainder in a cask or package which has leaked or been partially used.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 28/2 The quantity of liquor contained in a cask partially filled and the capacity of the portion which is empty are termed respectively the wet and dry ullage.

b. slang. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught > dregs of drink

ullage1874

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 332 Ullages, the wine of all sorts left in the bottoms of glasses at a public dinner.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/1 ‘Pray what is “ullage”?’ ‘The washings out of casks, sir,’ replied my friend.

3. transferred.

a. Liquid that has oozed through a substance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > liquid that has oozed through

ooze1718

ullage1824

1824 T. Hogg Conc. & Pract. Treat. Carnation (ed. 3) 50 Upon this stratum or bed of dung..the ullage occasioned from time to time by the rains will all be received.

b. The waste of metal in engraving.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > waste metal

ullage1860

1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth ii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 272 In graving deep, tiny spirals of gold and silver curl away from the trenchant tool, and there is precious ullage in chasing and burnishing—spirals and ullage worth money in the market.

c. Nautical. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [noun]

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ullage1901

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person

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Nimrod1933

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schlub1950

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mother1955

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rass hole1959

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bitch ass1961

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douche1968

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > inefficient, lazy, or unseamanlike sailor

lubber1579

guinea pig1748

marine1829

soldier1840

lubbard1867

Paddy Wester1892

ullage1901

oily wad1925

1901 Daily Chron. 23 May 5/1 The mass of her crew will all too probably be ‘ullage’—to use the naval term for a preponderance of undesirables.

1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 113 ‘You're a disgrace to the Service, and your boat's offal.’ ‘Awful?’ I said. ‘No—offal—tripes—swipes—ullage.’

Compounds

attributive, as ullage bottle, ullage cask, ullage contents.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for ullage

ullage cask1743

ullage bottle1889

1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 46 This Morning found the Store Tent robbed of Brandy; filled up all the ullage Casks.

1784 J. Boydell (title) The Ullage Cask Gauger; comprised in a series of Tables..whereby the Ullage Contents of any Cask..is at one view known.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs iii. 292 The ullage cask..must be re-gauged, as must all casks entered for exportation.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs App. 339 Landing Ullage Contents.

1864 Daily Tel. 4 June There is scarcely a ship..in which the examining officer's attention is not called to ullage casks.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 7 It might have been made by putting two ullage bottles into one.

Draft additions 1993

In a rocket, the part of a fuel tank that is not occupied by fuel; the volume of this part.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > types of rocket engine > part or volume of fuel tank without fuel

ullage1956

1956 G. P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elem. (ed. 2) viii. 301 The extra volume of gas above the propellant is referred to as ullage.

1972 Space World May 27/2 These commands are used for translations of small velocity increments and for ullage maneuvers (to settle propellants in the tanks).

1987 Armed Forces June 257/1 A compression-ignition sensitivity test fixture, capable of dynamically loading an LP containing a known quantity of ‘ullage’.

Draft additions 1993

ullage rocket n. a small auxiliary rocket used under conditions of weightlessness to provide sufficient acceleration to force liquid propellants to one end of the tank, thereby ensuring continuous fuel supply to the engine of a spacecraft.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun]

rocket1919

moon rocket1921

space rocket1928

space gun1929

step rocket1932

ion rocket1936

photon rocket1949

rockoon1953

space launcher1955

launcher1958

cosmic rocket1959

ullage rocket1961

1961 Aeroplane & Astronautics 101 815 Even firing of the ‘ullage’ rockets..proved inadequate.

1966 New Scientist 14 July 72/1 This..state of affairs is achieved both by the use of small ‘ullage’ rockets and, after these have been jettisoned, by employing the vented gases themselves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ullage
释义	ullagen. Brit. /ˈʌlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈəlɪdʒ/ Forms: Middle English oylage, vlage, 1500s Scottish vlege, 1700s– ullage. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ulliage, Old French ouillage, eullage (heulliage), œillage (also Anglo-Latin oliagium, oyll-, ull-, ulagium), Provençal ulhage, oulhage, < Old French ouiller, eullier, oiller, œiller (Anglo-Latin oillare), Provençal ulha, oulha, to fill up (a barrel). Forms with initial a- are also given by Godefroy, viz. aouillage and aouillier, aoillier, aeullier, etc. (1295–). 1. a. The amount of wine or other liquor by which a cask or bottle falls short of being quite full (originally the quantity required to make good the loss by leakage or absorption). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > amount lost from cask ullage1444 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > amount short of fullness ullage1444 1297 Chanc. Misc. (P.R.O.) Bd. 2 No. 15 (5) Tradidi etiam eidem vnam pipam pro oliagio predictorum doleorum. 1329 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1878) I. 224 De ij doliis et j pipa vini... Et in vllagio..j et dimidium. a1377 Rolls of Parl. II. 384 Item par Adam le Ken pur ulliage es Vins mesme l'an 1 ton' 1 pip'.] 1444 in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Compota Domestica (1836) 26 In vlage et lecage per tempus predictum, [84] lagene [bere].1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 288 Paid for iiij. galons wyne, iij. qrtes. for oylage for the ton wyne, iij. s. ij. d.1565 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 211 The twn of wyne at this present..xvj crownis of the sone;..item, of fraucht xvj crownis sone; item, for vlege vj li.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ullage of a Cask, is what such a Vessel wants of being full.1749 W. Yeo Ullaging & Inching 3 As often as these Lines are used for determining the Ullages of Casks.1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. (at cited word) The ullage of a vessel, whose axis is parallel to the horizon, may be found thus.1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1324 It is usually tunned into hogsheads of a hundred gallons each, leaving a few gallons ullage.1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 297 (Moonshine) I held the bottle up to the candle to ascertain the ullage.1885 W. Ecockes in Civilian 3 Jan. 141/2 A work..comprising tables of ullages of casks, whose bung diameters range from 15 to 40 inches. b. on ullage, (in a vessel) not completely full. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > state of not being full (of cask) on ullage1863 1863 T. G. Shaw Wine xi. 302 It is injurious to Rhenish wine to be left on ullage. 1880 Act 43 & 44 Vic. c. 24 §43 The casks in which spirits are removed may be either full or..on ullage. 1883 Times 17 Nov. 10 The wines should not remain long on ullage. 2. a. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > leavings after main part exhausted > remaining in cask or package ullage1832 1832 S. Roose Ullaging 5 By knowing the vacuity, and subtracting it from the whole content, leaves the Ullage or the quantity of liquor then in the cask. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 705 Ullage, the remainder in a cask or package which has leaked or been partially used. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 28/2 The quantity of liquor contained in a cask partially filled and the capacity of the portion which is empty are termed respectively the wet and dry ullage. b. slang. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught > dregs of drink ullage1874 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 332 Ullages, the wine of all sorts left in the bottoms of glasses at a public dinner. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/1 ‘Pray what is “ullage”?’ ‘The washings out of casks, sir,’ replied my friend. 3. transferred. a. Liquid that has oozed through a substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > liquid that has oozed through ooze1718 ullage1824 1824 T. Hogg Conc. & Pract. Treat. Carnation (ed. 3) 50 Upon this stratum or bed of dung..the ullage occasioned from time to time by the rains will all be received. b. The waste of metal in engraving. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > waste metal ullage1860 1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth ii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 272 In graving deep, tiny spirals of gold and silver curl away from the trenchant tool, and there is precious ullage in chasing and burnishing—spirals and ullage worth money in the market. c. Nautical. (See quots.) 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Kipling Traffics & Discov. 113 ‘You're a disgrace to the Service, and your boat's offal.’ ‘Awful?’ I said. ‘No—offal—tripes—swipes—ullage.’ Compounds attributive, as ullage bottle, ullage cask, ullage contents. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for ullage ullage cask1743 ullage bottle1889 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 46 This Morning found the Store Tent robbed of Brandy; filled up all the ullage Casks. 1784 J. Boydell (title) The Ullage Cask Gauger; comprised in a series of Tables..whereby the Ullage Contents of any Cask..is at one view known. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs iii. 292 The ullage cask..must be re-gauged, as must all casks entered for exportation. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs App. 339 Landing Ullage Contents. 1864 Daily Tel. 4 June There is scarcely a ship..in which the examining officer's attention is not called to ullage casks. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 7 It might have been made by putting two ullage bottles into one. Draft additions 1993 In a rocket, the part of a fuel tank that is not occupied by fuel; the volume of this part. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > types of rocket engine > part or volume of fuel tank without fuel ullage1956 1956 G. P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elem. (ed. 2) viii. 301 The extra volume of gas above the propellant is referred to as ullage. 1972 Space World May 27/2 These commands are used for translations of small velocity increments and for ullage maneuvers (to settle propellants in the tanks). 1987 Armed Forces June 257/1 A compression-ignition sensitivity test fixture, capable of dynamically loading an LP containing a known quantity of ‘ullage’. Draft additions 1993 ullage rocket n. a small auxiliary rocket used under conditions of weightlessness to provide sufficient acceleration to force liquid propellants to one end of the tank, thereby ensuring continuous fuel supply to the engine of a spacecraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] rocket1919 moon rocket1921 space rocket1928 space gun1929 step rocket1932 ion rocket1936 photon rocket1949 rockoon1953 space launcher1955 launcher1958 cosmic rocket1959 ullage rocket1961 1961 Aeroplane & Astronautics 101 815 Even firing of the ‘ullage’ rockets..proved inadequate. 1966 New Scientist 14 July 72/1 This..state of affairs is achieved both by the use of small ‘ullage’ rockets and, after these have been jettisoned, by employing the vented gases themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ullagev. Brit. /ˈʌlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈəlɪdʒ/ Etymology: < ullage n. 1. transitive. To calculate the amount of ullage in (a cask). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > measurement of capacity [verb (transitive)] > calculate the ullage (in a cask) ullage1749 1749 W. Yeo (title) The Method of Ullaging and Inching all sorts of Casks and other Utensils used by Common Brewers, Victuallers, Distillers, &c. 1832 S. Roose Ullaging 11 To Ullage a Cask in the form of the frustum of a Cone. 2. a. To draw or tap to a slight extent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > take from cask or cellar run1554 uncellar1611 discask1615 broach1649 spile1772 ullage1881 pull1910 1881 Standard 3 Oct. 2/1 There..a cask of some rare vintage was ‘ullaged’, with a biscuit and cheese accompaniment. b. To fill up again (an ullaged cask, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (transitive)] > fill alloyed casks ullage1888 1888 Wine, Spirit & Beer 8 Mar. 186/1 To stir in some pure olive oil..and then flood the oil out by ullaging. Derivatives ˈullaging n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > calculating ullage ullaging1749 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > measuring ullage of casks ullaging1749 1749 W. Yeo Ullaging & Inching p. iii That part of it [sc. gauging] which relates to the Ullaging of Casks. 1832 S. Roose Ullaging 5 The Ullaging of a Cask is to find how much liquor there is in it, when it is not full. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1444v.1749
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