Category: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.]

Defn: 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.

Sully Sul"ly, v. i.

Defn: to become soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.

Sully Sul"ly, n.; pl. Sullies (.

Defn: soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies In his reputation. Spectator.