v. [f. BE- 1 + SULLY v.] trans. To sully or soil badly.
a. 1635. Corbet, Fairef. Wind., in Poems (1807), 241 (D.).
| The limber corps, be-sully’d o’er | |
| With meagre paleness. |
1820. Blackw. Mag., VII. 190. Cheeks are besullied with unused brine.
v. [f. BE- 1 + SULLY v.] trans. To sully or soil badly.
a. 1635. Corbet, Fairef. Wind., in Poems (1807), 241 (D.).
| The limber corps, be-sully’d o’er | |
| With meagre paleness. |
1820. Blackw. Mag., VII. 190. Cheeks are besullied with unused brine.
