单词 | sull |
释义 | sulln. Chiefly w. and south-western dialect. A plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough sullowc897 ploughc1175 sull1607 ard1931 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 109 The Soule..that Instrument wherewith being fastened to the Oxen, the Husbandman rippeth up his land. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 36 The Sun and the Sull are some Husbandmens Soil. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 332 A Sull, a term used for a Plow in the Western parts. 1766 Willy in Compl. Farmer at Turnep Ploughing the intervals with a small sull, drawn by one horse. 1791 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 276 The plowman carries, in the body of his sewl, a parcel of small rods. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 86 Zull,..a plough. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Zarl (zaal), a plough. Compounds sull-breaking n. ΚΠ 1791 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 276 A field,..which has long been noted for sewl-breaking. sull-paddle n. = plough staff n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff acre-staffc1300 plough staffc1325 plough-batc1400 plough-potec1400 pattle1404 plough pattle1404 paddle1407 paddle-staff1583 pad-staff1650 sull-paddle1669 spade-staff1706 plough-spade1712 plough cleaner1850 wad-staff1856 wad-stick1889 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 331 A Sulpaddle, a small Spade-staff or Instrument to cleanse the Plough from the clogging Earth. 1766 Compl. Farmer Sull-paddle, a plough paddle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). sullv. U.S. intransitive. Of an animal, to balk; of a person, to become sullen or to sulk. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)] to have pissed on a nettle1546 mumpc1610 to sell souse1611 sullena1652 sumpha1689 frump1693 hatch1694 sunk1724 mug?c1730 purt1746 sulk1781 to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801 strum1804 boody1857 sull1869 grump1875 to hump the back1889 to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > fight or be obstinate > refuse to go on sull1869 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 127/2 A mustang..will both ‘sull’, (have the sulks) and ‘buck’. 1891 ‘O. Thanet’ Otto the Knight & Other Stories 29 The ox, he sulled,..an' Jim jes' guv 'im one on the head. 1902 Dial. Notes 2 246 Sull,..to hold a position with imperturbable obstinacy and a total disregard of surroundings, as a possum, or a hog in a corner. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 332 Sull,..to sulk; to balk. ‘My oxens sull whenever they get hot.’ ‘She is a quare child and sulls whenever she is contrairied.’ 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 87 ‘She sulling again, is she,’ Roskus said. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxv. 327 Do he ever come here drunk, remember he ain't human when he gits to sullin'. 1949 10 Story Western May 11/2 Tell them slow motion sons to keep them cattle comin' before this drive balks and sulls. 1959 W. Faulkner Mansion 10 All Frenchman's Bend knew Houston: sulking and sulling in his house all alone by himself since the stallion killed his wife four years ago. Derivatives sull n. rare a sulky fit, a ‘sulk’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1972 E. Welty Optimist's Daughter ii. iv. 97 He's been in a sull ever since you married Judge McKelva and didn't send him a special engraved invitation to the wedding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1607v.1869 |
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