Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shorter form of sullow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A plow.

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  • verb to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead)
  • noun obsolete A plough.

Etymologies

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Back-formation from sullen.

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Anglo-Saxon suluh, sulh, a plough; compare Old High German suohili a little plough.

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Examples

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • These windows would have one fixed piece of glass glazed in the wood frame, and the other panel was removable (called a sull sash) for cleaning - clips in and out - easy to remove.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

  • Option to remove the sull sash (second layer of glass) in the rainy season, if you did not want to keep it clean.

    Dual Pane wood windows 2009

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  • We always used it to mean the act of being sullen. Daddy would say "if you worry that steer all day long he won't learn a thing. He's just going stand there and sull." That's mid-Florida, mid-60s. Daddy was born in central Florida in 1923.

    June 11, 2009