sulfert, sulfurt

Obsolete spellings of sulphur. Sulidæ (sū'li-dē), n. pl. [NL., Sulinæ (sū-līnē), n. pl. [NL., Never was thrifty trader more willing to put of a sulke commodity. Heywood , Challenge for Beauty, iii. 1. sulk1 (sulk), v. i. [ . , in part a back formation from sulky .] 1. To be sulky; indulge in a sullen or sulky mood; be morose or glum. [Colloq.] Most people sulk in stage-coaches; I always talk. I have had some amusing journeys from this habit. Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, vii. He was sulking with Jane Tregunter, was trying to per suade himself he did not care for her. Whyte Melville, White Rose, II. xiv. Of course things are not always smooth between France and England; of course, occasionally, each side sulks against the other. Nineteenth Century, XXIV. 460. 2. To keep still when hooked: said of a fish. sulk1 (sulk), n. [ I never had the advantage of seeing the Chancellor be fore in his sulks , though he was by no means unfrequently in them. Greville, Memoirs, Dec. 8, 1531. Rodbertus had lived for a quarter of a century in a political sulk against the Hohenzollerns. Contemporary Rev. , LIV. 383.