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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. [ 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 ]

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 ]