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Bulled vs Sulled - What's the difference?

bulled | sulled |

As an adjective bulled

is swollen.

As a verb sulled is

(sull).

bulled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • swollen

    • sulled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sull)

    • sull

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead)
  • :* 1992': The mesteño had stopped and '''sulled in the road with its forefeet spread and he sat looking after her. — Cormac McCarthy, ''All The Pretty Horses

    • Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plough.
    • (Ainsworth)
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