sulliage
English
Etymology
Compare sullage, suillage, or sully (verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌl.i.əd͡ʒ/
Noun
sulliage (countable and uncountable, plural sulliages)
- (obsolete) foulness, filth or dirt
- 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:
- Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind.
- 1653, Henry Hammond, Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament:
- the sins and sulliages of their earthly […] affections
References
- “sulliage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.