cullion (kulyun)

[Early mod. E. also cull yon, coillen, Sp. coll on = F. coïon, >ME. coujoun, cugioun, conioun, etc.: see conjoun ), a mean wretch), cifically, in plural form ( cullions ), the stander wort, Orchis mascula.-31. A mean wretch; a low or despicable fellow. IMG:content-1783.png:[blocks in formation] Without dwelling upon these le frequent instances of eminent cullyism , what is there so common as to hear a fellow curse his fate that he cannot get rid of a pa ion to a jilt! Add is on, Spectator, No. 486.