Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cully \Cul"ly\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cully \Cul"ly\ (k?l"l?), n.; pl. {Cullies} (-l?z). [Abbrev. fr.
cullion.]
A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean
dupe; a gull.
I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom
she has passed upon for a countess. --Addison.
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