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Sull

//sʌl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plough. England, Western, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    Of an animal: to stop; to refuse to go on. intransitive

    "The mesteño had stopped and sulled in the road with its forefeet spread and he sat looking after her."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from sullen.

Etymology 2

From Old English sulh (“plough”). Compare sullow and Old High German suohili (“little plough”).

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