suillage

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Etymology

From Old French souillage, soillage, from souiller, soiller. See soil (to stain), and compare sullage.

Noun

suillage (usually uncountable, plural suillages)

  1. (obsolete) A drain or collection of filth.
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, [], London: [] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
      touching Conducts for the Suillage and other necessities of the House

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