ppl. a. [f. prec. or the sb. + -ED. Cf. unullaged (1646).]
1. Of a cask or bottle: Short of contents.
1549. in R. G. Marsden, Sel. Pleas Crt. Admir. (Selden Soc.), II. 59. One hundreth and fyftie tonnes of wyne full and ullagid.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., 705. Ullaged is used for damaged, short of contents.
1908. Atton & Holland, King’s Customs, 195. A demijohn or two in the captain’s locker, and an ullaged anker in the forecastle.
2. Of wine: Affected in quality by the presence of ullage.
1907. Sat. Rev., 29 June, 815/1. Without … the clash of personalities the story is like a bottle of ullaged wine.
3. transf. Of inferior quality; refuse.
1892. Spectator, 9 Jan., 41/1. If you have to feed ten men on twopence, you must buy ullaged flour.
