Word Meanings - SULLIAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Foulness; filth. Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. Gov. of Tongue.

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• FOULNESS
  The quality or condition of being foul.
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• THERETO
  1. To that or this. Chaucer. 2. Besides; moreover. Spenser. Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. Chaucer.
• NEVERTHELESS
  Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11. Syn. -- However; at least; yet; still.
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• TONGUELET
  A little tongue.
• THEREOUT
  1. Out of that or this. He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2. 2. On the outside; out of doors. Chaucer.
• SULLIAGE
  Foulness; filth. Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. Gov. of Tongue.
• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• TONGUE-SHELL
  Any species of Lingula.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• THEREUNDER
  Under that or this.
• THEREAFTER
  1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison,
• TONGUESTER
  One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.
• THERE-ANENT
  Concerning that.
• TONGUED
  Having a tongue. Tongued like the night crow. Donne.
• TONGUE-TIED
  1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum. 2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak.
• FILTHINESS
  1. The state of being filthy. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1. 2. That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity. Carry forth the filthiness out of
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• THEREOF
  Of that or this. In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii.
• WHENEVER
  At whatever time. "Whenever that shall be." Milton.
• SERPENT-TONGUED
  Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
• UNMOTHERED
  Deprived of a mother; motherless.
• HONEY-TONGUED
  Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.
• SHRILL-TONGUED
  Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.
• ETHEREALITY
  The state of being ethereal; etherealness. Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.
• TAXGATHERER
  One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
• ETHEREALLY
  In an ethereal manner.
• PINFEATHERED
  Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.