galliguとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Term used in Widnes (historically part of Lancashire), of unknown origin. Possibly onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic.

名詞

galligu (uncountable)

1. The insoluble waste products of the Leblanc process.
   • 1967, Geographical Association, Geography (volumes 51-52)

     Most of what is now south-central Widnes is probably underlain by galligu […]

   • 1993, Thomas Kingston Derry, Trevor Illtyd Williams, A short history of technology: from the earliest times to A.D. 1900 (page 540)

     Of the technical improvements in the Leblanc process, some of the most important were concerned with the treatment of galligu to recover sulphur.