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To capacity, lid off, time for the remaining liquid
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ullage
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Ullage (from the French ouillage ) is a winemaking term that has several meanings but most commonly refers to the headspace of air between wine and the top of the container holding the wine. It can also refer to the process of evaporation that creates the ...
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Ullage \Ul"lage\ (?; 48), n. [OF. eullage, ovillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See Oil .] (Com.) The ...
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n. 1 In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine. 2 In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel 3 The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine 4 In ...
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Ullage: small rockets firing around the base of the stack, settling the propellants before the main burn.