Meaning
SUL'LY, v.t.
1. To soil; to dirt; to spot; to tarnish.
And statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
2. To tarnish; to darken.
Let there be no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
3. To stain; to tarnish; as the purity of reputation; as virtues sullied by slanders; character sullied by infamous vices.
SUL'LY, v.i. To be soiled or tarnished.
Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding.
SUL'LY, n. Soil, tarnish; spot.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies on his reputation.
