Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See cullis.

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Examples

  • Wherefore, I counsel you to a warm breakfast upon a culiss, which shall restore the tone of the stomach; and let my nephew and Master Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.”

    Kenilworth 2004

  • Wherefore, I counsel you to a warm breakfast upon a culiss, which shall restore the tone of the stomach; and let my nephew and Master Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list. "

    Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801

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