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Ulage, n. Also: ullage, ulege, oleg(e, oylege. [Late ME and e.m.E. ulage (1444), oylage (1481-90), ullage (1706), AF ulliage, OF ouillage, oeillage, med. L. ol(e)agium, ullagium.] Ullage, the amount of wine required to replace that lost from a barrel through leakage or evaporation. Also attrib. Cf. Lekkage n. 1329 Exch. R. I 224.
[In vllagio apud Berwicum 1342 Exch. R. I 513.]
Et residuum in vlagio vini, pro stoffa castri 1565 Edinb. B. Rec. III 211.
The twn of wyne at this present … xvj crownis of the sone … item of fraucht xvj crownis sone; item, for vlege vj li. 1578 Glasgow B. Rec. (MC) 95.
The sowme of twa merks stirlyng money for ulage of wyn 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 49a.
Countet and rekenet to Wylet Twedeye of the count of our vi ponchones of vyne and of olege and fraycht 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 78b.
For the olege of ane pes quhit wyne 4 doleris half 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 78b.
Oleg a1603 Tract. Leg. Naval. 64.
Leckage and ullage are synomina … or rather vllage is the filling up of the wynes in the hogsheids be leckageattrib. 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX 316b.
Ane pwnschoun of Boyane wyne in ane Burdeaux trie with ane rest of oylege wyne in ane vther trie