At 08:31 PM 7/15/2002, Clive Smith wrote:
>I do like 'ullage', sounds very nautical, and maybe Scandinavian too.

  ul�lage (�l"�j) n. 1. The amount of liquid within a container that is
lost, as by leakage, during shipment or storage. 2. The amount by which a
container, such as a bottle, cask, or tank, falls short of being full.
[Middle English ulage, from Old French ouillage, from ouiller, to fill up a
cask, from ouil, eye, bunghole, from Latin oculus, eye. See okw- below.]
--ul"laged adj.

:)
david

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