Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sullies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. {Sullies}.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator.
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