SULLY
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Sul"ly (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sullied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sullying (?).] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, s&ü;hlen to wallow, Sw. s&ö;la to bemire, Dan. s&ö;le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.] 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.
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Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
Roscommon.
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No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
Atterbury.
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Sul"ly, v. i. To become soiled or tarnished.
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
Bacon.
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Sul"ly, n.; pl. Sullies (&unr_;). Soil; tarnish; stain.
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A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation.
Spectator.
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