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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sully \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["u]hlen to wallow, Sw s["o]la to
bemire, Dan. s["o]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.
Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sully \Sul"ly\, v. i.
To become soiled or tarnished.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl {Sullies}.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sully
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: {defile}, {corrupt}, {taint}, {cloud}]
2: make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically: "The silver
was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her
reputation was sullied after the affair with a married
man" [syn: {tarnish}, {maculate}, {defile}]
3: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone "The journalists have
defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse},
{denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {besmirch}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sully, IA (city, FIPS 76035)
Location: 41.57864 N, 92.84646 W
Population (1990): 841 (333 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50251
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