Dusronnal snorted over the bodies of heroes.
Sifadda bathed his hoof in blood.--Ditto.
Sulky (Mr.), executor of Mr. Warren, and partner in Dornton’s bank. With a sulky, grumpy exterior, he has a kind heart, and is strictly honest. When Dornton is brought to the brink of ruin by his son’s extravagance, Sulky comes nobly forward to the rescue. (See Silky.)--T. Holcroft, The Road to Ruin (1792).
And oh! for monopoly. What a blest day,
When the lank and the silk shall, in fond combination
(Like Sulky and Silky, that pair in the play).
Cry out with one voice for “high rents” and “starvation!”
T. Moore, Ode to the Goddess Ceres (1806).
Sullen (Squire), son of Lady Bountiful by her first husband. He married the sister of Sir Charles Freeman, but after fourteen months, their tempers and dispositions were found so incompatible that they mutually agreed to a divorce.
He says little, thinks less, and does nothing at all. Faith! but he’s a man of great estate, and values nobody.--Act i. 1.