[Nhcoll-l] Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--ullage

[Susan Gallagher]

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The usage example made me think of John Simmons, so I thought all on the 
list might enjoy. Points if you knew the word already. I bet John did.


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Oct 23, 2018
*This week’s theme*
Words related to the eye

*This week’s words*
prosopopeia <https://wordsmith.org/words/prosopopeia.html>
ullage <https://wordsmith.org/words/ullage.html>

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      ullage

PRONUNCIATION:
(UL-ij) <https://wordsmith.org/words/ullage.mp3>

MEANING:
/noun/: The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being 
full.

ETYMOLOGY:
 From Old French ouillage/eullage, from ouiller/eullier (to fill a 
cask), from ouil (eye, hole), from Latin oculus (eye). Earliest 
documented use: 1444.

USAGE:
“Too much ullage can be a sign of evaporation, and that’s not good.”
Mark Shanahan; A Finely Honed Palate; /Boston Globe/; Oct 17, 2015.

See more usage examples of ullage 
<https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ullage> in Vocabulary.com’s 
dictionary <https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary>.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to 
go hand in hand. -Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 
1899-1989)

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