English

Verb

sullow ‎(third-person singular simple present sullows, present participle sullowing, simple past and past participle sullowed)

1. (transitive) To sully.

Etymology 2

Middle English suluh, solowe, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk-, *solk- ‎(“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus ‎(“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk ‎(“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἑλκύω ‎(helkúō, “to drag”), ὁλκός ‎(holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli ‎(“furrow”), heq ‎(“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ ‎(hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)).

Alternative forms

• sull, sowl, zool

Noun

sullow ‎(plural sullows)

1. (dialectal or rare) A plough.