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BillageBillage Bil"lage, n. & v. t. & i.
Same as Bilge. Collagen
Collagen Col"la*gen, n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of
tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it
becomes gelatin or glue.
Collagenous
Collagenous Col*lag"e*nous, a. (Physiol.)
Containing or resembling collagen.
Diallage
Diallage Di*al"la*ge, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? interchange, change,
fr. ? to interchange.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of
view, and then turned to one point. --Smart.
Diallage
Diallage Di"al*lage (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? change, alluding to
the change and inequality of luster between the natural
joints of the mineral.] (Min.)
A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene,
common in certain igneous rocks.
Enallage
Enallage E*nal"la*ge, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an exchange, fr. ? to
exchange; ? in + ? to change.] (Gram.)
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one
gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the
same word, for another.
Fullage
Fullage Full"age, n.
The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.
--Johnson.
Grillage
Grillage Gril"lage, n. [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.)
A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation
in marshy or treacherous soil.
Gullage
Gullage Gull"age, n.
Act of being gulled. [Obs.]
Had you no quirk. To avoid gullage, sir, by such a
creature? --B. Jonson
Hallage
Hallage Hall"age (?; 48), n. (O. Eng. Law)
A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.
Hypallage
Hypallage Hy*pal"la*ge, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, prop., interchange,
exchange, fr, ? to interchange; ? under + ? to change.]
(Gram.)
A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from
their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, ``dare
classibus austros,' to give the winds to the fleets, instead
of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.
The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other
writer, is much the gravest fault in language.
--Landor.
Invillaged
Invillaged In*vil"laged (?; 48), p. a.
Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] --W. Browne.
PellagePellage Pell"age (p[e^]l"[asl]j), n. [See 2d Pell.]
A customs duty on skins of leather. PillagePillage Pil"lage, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to
plunder.]
1. The act of pillaging; robbery. --Shak.
2. That which is taken from another or others by open force,
particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder;
spoil; booty.
Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
--Shak.
Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation.
Usage: Pillage, Plunder. Pillage refers particularly to
the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods,
while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus
taken; but the words are freely interchanged. PillagePillage Pil"lage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pillaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pillaging.]
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to
spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city.
--Arbuthnot. Pillage
Pillage Pil"lage, v. i.
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
They were suffered to pillage wherever they went.
--Macaulay.
PillagedPillage Pil"lage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pillaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pillaging.]
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to
spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city.
--Arbuthnot. Pillager
Pillager Pil"la*ger, n.
One who pillages. --Pope.
Pollage
Pollage Poll"age, n.
A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [Obs.] --Foxe.
SmallageSmallage Small"age, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach
parsley.] (Bot.)
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of
the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid
and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes
celery. StallageStallage Stall"age, n. [Cf. OF. estallange, of German origin.
See Stall, n. ]
1. (Eng. Law) The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent
paid for a stall.
2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw. [Obs.] Stillage
Stillage Stil"lage, n. (Bleaching)
A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
--Knight.
SuillageSuillage Su"il*lage, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr.
souiller, soiller. See Soil to stain, and cf. Sullage.]
A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also
sulliage, and sullage.] --Sir H. Wotton. SullageSullage Sul"lage, n. [Cf. Suillage, Sulliage.]
1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or
highway; sewage. [Obs.]
The streets were exceedingly large, well paved,
having many vaults and conveyances under them for
sullage. --Evelyn.
2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.]
It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to
receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the
most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
--South.
3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in
the ladle.
4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
Sullage piece (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See
Sprue, n., 1
(b) . sullageSuillage Su"il*lage, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr.
souiller, soiller. See Soil to stain, and cf. Sullage.]
A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also
sulliage, and sullage.] --Sir H. Wotton. Sullage pieceSullage Sul"lage, n. [Cf. Suillage, Sulliage.]
1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or
highway; sewage. [Obs.]
The streets were exceedingly large, well paved,
having many vaults and conveyances under them for
sullage. --Evelyn.
2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.]
It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to
receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the
most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
--South.
3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in
the ladle.
4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
Sullage piece (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See
Sprue, n., 1
(b) . Tallage
Tallage Tal"lage, v. t.
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Tillage
Tillage Till"age, n.
1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing
land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state
for the growth of crops.
2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Syn: Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.
Tollage
Tollage Toll"age, n.
Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.
--Drayton.
TreillageTreillage Treil"lage, n. [F. treillage. See Trellis.]
Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a
trellis. --Spectator.
I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow.
--Walpole.
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