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• Ullage — refers to the unfilled space in a container of liquid.EtymologyThe word comes ultimately from the Latin oculus, “eye”, which was used in a figurative sense by the Romans for the bung hole of a barrel. This was taken into French in the medieval… …   Wikipedia

• ullage — [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… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• ullage — [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… …   Word origins

• ullage — ullaged, adj. /ul ij/, n. 1. the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle. 2. the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation,… …   Universalium

• ullage — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

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