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noun
In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel, or through spillage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: alcohol production
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noun
The topping up of such a barrel with fresh wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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Synonyms: ulling
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement or shifting of the purposive cargo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Leftover wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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verb
To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: alcohol production
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noun
the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: indefinite quantity
History
From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ulliage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask”), from Old French oel (“bunghole”, literally “eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”). See French ouillage.
