SULLIES
Noun
sullies
plural of sully
Verb
sullies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sully
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Source: Wiktionary
SULLY
Sul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Sullying.] Etym:
[OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich,
sühlen to wallow, Sw. söla to bemire, Dan. söle, Goth. bisaulijan to
defile.]
Definition: To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; --
used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a
person's reputation.
Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke. Roscommon.
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.
Sul"ly, v. i.
Definition: To become soiled or tarnished.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.
Sul"ly, n.; pl. Sullies (.
Definition: Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies
in his reputation. Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition