galligu
English edit
Etymology edit
Term used in Widnes (historically part of Lancashire), of unknown origin. Possibly onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic.
Noun edit
galligu (uncountable)
- 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.