sulkyplow (sulkiplou)

sull (sul), n. A shorter form of sullow1. sullage (sul'āj), n. [Early mod. E. also sulledge, sulliage, suillage, No tincture, sullage , or defilement. 21. Drainage; sewage. 6051 Trewely she was to min ye The soleyn fenix of Arabye. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 982. Ye shall find this sola in auenture Full strang vnto sight of ech creature. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L. 5431. 3. Remaining alone through ill humor; unsociable; silent and cro ; sulky; morose; glum. Still is he sullen , still he lours and frets. Shak ., Venus and Adonis, 1. 75. Nor sullen discontent, nor anxious care, E'en though brought thither, could inhabit there. Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 99. Two doughty champions, flaming Jacobite And sullen Han over i an. Words worth , Excursion, vi. sulphate I come to shew the Fruits of Connivance, or rather Encouragement, from the Magistrates in the City, upon other Occasions, to sollevate the Rabble. Roger North , Examen, p. 114. sulliaget (sul'i-āj), n. [A var. of sullage , as if sullage . Till we are in some degree refined from the dro and sulliage of our former lives' incursions. Evelyn, True Religion, I. 243. sullow1 (sul'ō), n. [Also sull ; suluh , solh , sulh , rarely sul (gen. sules , dat. syl ; in comp. sulh- , sul- ), a plow. Cf. L. sulcus , a furrow: see sulcus , sulk2.] A plow. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] As sullen as a beast new-caged. Tennyson, Geraint, sullow2t, v . t. [A var. of sully .] To sully. 4. Gloomy; dismal; somber. IMG:content-2449.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., i. 2. 5. Those [natural properties] of the Sea to bee saltish and unpleasant, and the colour sullen and greenish. Dekker , London Triumphing (Works, ed. Pearson, III. 241). mire), sol = OHG. sol, MHG. sol, söl, G. suhle = Now began Night with her sullen wings to double-shade The desert. Milton , P. R., i. 500. Crabbe. The dull morn a sullen aspect wears. 5. Sad; sorrowful; melancholy. Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change. Shak., R. and J., iv. 5. 88. 6. Slow-moving; sluggish; dull: as, a sullen pace. When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll. Ray Palmer , My Faith Looks up to Thee, 7. Malignant; unpropitious; foreboding ill; baleful. Such sullen planets at my birth did shine, They threaten every fortune mixt with mine. She meets again The savage murderer's sullen gaze. Dryden. Whittier, Mogg Megone, i. South. He sit nother with seynt Iohan, with Symon, ne with Iude, Bote as a soleyn by hym-self. Piers Plowman (C), xv. 145. 2. pl . Sullen feelings; sulks; sullenne . [Col- Naples is the pleasantest of Cities, if not the most beauty full; the building all of free stone, the streets are broad and paved with brick, vaulted underneath for the conveyance of the sulledge . Sandys, Travailes, p. 202. The streetes exceeding large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for the sullage , wch renders them very sweete and cleane. Evelyn , Diary, Feb. 8, 1645. 3. In founding, the scoria which rises to the surface of the molten metal in the ladle, and is held back when pouring to prevent porous and rough casting.-4. -4. Silt and mud deposited by water. April 3, 1712. A grant unto Israel Pownoll of his new invented engine or machine for taking up ballast, sul lage , sand, etc., of very great use in cleansing rivers, harbours, etc. Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, II. 57.