sullen, sola in, solayne, solein, soleine, soleyn, soleyne

& s. [O. Fr. sola in = lonely, solitary, from Lat. solus alone.] IMG:content-0542.png:[blocks in formation] "Such sullen planets at my birth did shine, They threaten every fortune mixt with mine." Dryden. ( Todd .) *8. Obstinate, intractable. "Things are as sullen as we are, and will be what they are, whatever we think of them."- Til lots on . *9. Sluggish, slow-moving, dull. "Small Cock, a sullen brook comes to her succor then." Drayton; Polyolbion, s. 28. B. As substantive: *1. A person alone by himself. "By hymself as a soleyne." IMG:content-0543.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0544.png:[blocks in formation] sŭl-len-ne , subst. [Eng. sullen; -ne .] The quality or state of being sullen; silent or gloomy morosene ; sourne of temper. "The form which her anger a umed was sullenne . Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vii. *sŭl'-lens, s . pl . [SULLEN, a.] A state or fit of sullenne ; a morose temper; the sulks. "He did not love in other days To wear the sullens on his face." Praed: County Ball. *sŭll-er-ý, subst. [Eng.sull ; -ery .] A plow-land (q. v.). *sŭl-le-vāte, v . t . [Lat. sublevatus , pa. par. of sublevo =to raise up, to support; pref. sub- , and levo =to make light, to lift up; levis light in weight.] To rouse up, to excite. *sull'-l-age (age as Ig), s. [SULLAGE.] sul-lỹ, *sul-ie, v . t . & i . [ A.S.syli an =to sully, to defile with dirt or mud, from sol =mire, dirt; cogn. with Sw. sõla =to bemire; Dan. sõle , from sõl =mire; Goth. bisauljan ; Ger. suhlen , from suhle = slough, mire; M. H. Ger. söl , sol =mire.] IMG:content-0545.png:[blocks in formation] Dryden: Marriage à - la - Mode , i. 1. 2. Fig .: To stain, to tarnish, to disgrace. "Weakened our national strength, and sullied our glory abroad."-Bolingbroke: Di ert. on Parties , let. 1. *B. Intransitive : To become sullied, soiled, or tarnished. "Your white canvas doublet will sully . " -Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , ii. 4. *sul-lỹ, *sul-ley, s . [SULLY, v.] A spot, soil, or tarnish. ( Fielding : Joseph Andrews , bk. i., ch. iv.) acetamide.] H sulph-a-çět-Ic, adj. [Pref. sulph, and Eng. acetic.] Derived from or containing sulphur and acetic acid.