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Sull vs Stull - What's the difference?

sull | stull |

As nouns the difference between sull and stull

is that sull is (obsolete) a plough while stull is (uk|dialect) a framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

As a verb sull

is to stop, to refuse to go on (of an animal - example - donkey or a possum plays dead).

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)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    stull

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
    • (Webster 1913)