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spillage|ˈspɪlɪdʒ|
[f. spill v. + -age.]
The action or fact of spilling; that which spills or is spilt. Also attrib.
1934Webster, Spillage.., the act of spilling; that which spills or is spilled over; as, a trough to divert any spillage. 1937Times 9 Oct. 9/6 A miner..was trapped underground by a fall of rock and completely buried. Dr. Saunders arrived at 3.15 p.m., by which time the rescue party had removed most of the spillage from the imprisoned man's body. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 26 June 8/1 Recent oil spillages in and near Baltimore harbor have resulted in great annoyance to bathers. 1962A. Nisbett Technique of Sound Studio vii. 128 Remember also when handling music tapes that any damage due to spillage or stretching, etc., will be more noticeable than on speech tapes. 1963Daily Mail 15 May 4/4 On every bottle of brandy sold in the Hilton, two and two-thirds ounces are written off for ‘spillage’. 1969Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iv. 3 Spillage drag, the difference beween the drag at a given intake flow and the drag at some specified intake flow. Ibid. 4 Spillage, the amount by which the intake flow is less than some specified intake flow. 1969Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 12/6 A pesticide spillage has killed 11,000 fish in the South Holland Drain. 1972Ibid. 14 Apr. 19/3 A glass is often placed beneath the tap as a substitute for the drip tray and used for topping up... The patron should ensure that he rejects any beer which contains a mixture of this spillage. 1973Times 30 July 11/2 If you spill anything you simply move your saucepan to another burner, lift off the support, and underneath there is a spillage bowl which has collected what has boiled over and which has only to be taken out and rinsed. 1976Washington Post 23 Jan. a 14/4 Accidents are caused by drivers trying to avoid rock spillage..on the Beltway. 1976Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 222/1 The utmost attention was given to reducing the risk of oil spillage during operations. 1976Cambridge Independent Press 16 Dec. ii. 7 (Advt.), Family-size oven with ‘Cook Clean’ panels... Hob light, auto-timer, slide-out spillage trays. 1977R.A.F. News 27 Apr.–10 May 3/4 Allegations that excessive ‘spillage’ drag from the engine intakes will seriously impair Tornado's performance, particularly at high angles of incidence in the transonic speed range, were refuted. |