sulk2+ (sulk)

[= OSp. sulco, Sp. Pg. sulco = It. solco, sol go, L. sulcus, a furrow, trench. ditch, groove, track, wrinkle; cf. Gr. ὁλκός, δ furrow, track, The surging sulks of the Sandiferous Seas. Sir P. Sidney, Wanstead Play, p. 619. ( Daries .) sulk Soom synck too bottoms, sulcking the surges asunder. Stan i hurst , Æneid, i. 117. (Davies.) sulkily (sul'ki-li), adv . In a sulky manner; sullenly; morosely. sulkine (sul'ki-nes), n. The state or quality of being sulky; sullenne ; morosene . sulky (sul'ki), a. [An extended form of sulk1 , a., due in part to the noun sulkine , now regarded as sulky + -ne , but earlier sulkene , ME. * solkene e , solcenes , solcennes : see sulk1, a.] 1. Silently resentful; dogged; morose; sullen; moody; disposed to keep aloof from society, or to repel the friendly advances of others. It is surely better to be even weak than malignant or sulky . V. Knox, E ays (1777), No. 123. During the time he was in the house he seemed sulky or rather stupid. Haslam , Insanity, X. Corydon, offended with Phyllis, becomes, as far as she is concerned, a mere drivelling idiot, and a sulky one into the bargain. Whyte Melville , White Rose, II. xviii. The true zeal and patience of a quarter of an hour are better than the sulky and inattentive labour of a whole day. Ruskin, Elements of Drawing, ii. 2. Stunted, or of backward growth: noting a condition of a plant, sometimes resulting from insect injury. The condition called sulky as applied to a tea-bush is unfortunately only too common on many estates. E. Ernest Green, in Ceylon Independent, 1889. =Syn. 1. Morose, Splenetic , etc. (see sullen ); cro , spleenish, perverse, cro -grained, out of humor. sulky (sul'ki), n.; pl. sulkies (-kiz). [So called because it obliges the rider to be alone; sul ky, a.] A light two-wheeled carriage for one person, drawn by one horse, commonly used for trials of speed between trotting-horses. IMG:content-2448.png:[blocks in formation] Whittier, The Counte . sulky-cultivator, sulky-rake (sul'ki-kultivā-tor, -rāk), n. A cultivator or a horse-rake having a seat for the driver. See cut under rake1. sulky-harrow, sulky-scraper (sul'ki-harō, -skrāpėr), n. A harrow or scraper mounted on a wheeled carriage, and having a seat for the driver. See plow .