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‖n.; pl. Cuculli /plu>. [ L., a hood. ] 1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Zool.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Culled p. pr. & vb. n. Culling. ] [ OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect. ] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strainer. See Colander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cull, v. t. ] Broken glass for remelting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A dim. from F. cul back. ] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From cully to trick, cheat. ] Gullibility. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Easily deceived; gullible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who culls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. couillon, coillon, F. co&unr_;on, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon, coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a leather bag, the scrotum. ] A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. “Away, base cullions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mean; base. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. coleïs, F. coulis, fr. OF. & F. couler to strain, to flow, fr. L. colare to filter, strain; cf. LL. coladicium. Cf. Colander. ] A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When I am exellent at caudles
And cullises . . . you shall be welcome to me. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cullises [ F.coulisse groove, fr. the same source as E. cullis broth. ] (Arch.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Cull, v. t. ] 1. Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cullies [ Abbrev. fr. cullion. ] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Cully, n., and cf. D. kullen to cheat, gull. ] To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. “Tricks to cully fools.” Pomfret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a cully. [ 1913 Webster ]

Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lucullus, a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. lucullite. ] (Min.) A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. porte coulisse, coleïce, a sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis, Colander. ] 1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. “Let the portcullis fall.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Portcullised p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising. ] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sculled p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling. ] (Naut.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The skull. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st School. ] A shoal of fish. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash. ] 1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler. (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The common skua gull. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who sculls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sculleries [ Probably originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see Swill to wash, to drink), but influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish, F. écuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf. Scuttle a basket); or perhaps the English word is immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a dishwasher. ] 1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A scallion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout, apparently for escouvillon, F. écouvillon a swab; cf. also OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf. Scovel. ] A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meanest scullion that followed his camp. South. [ 1913 Webster ]