† ˈsugill, ˈsuggill, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. sūgillāre, suggillāre, of doubtful etym. Cf. F. sugiller.]
1. trans. To beat black and blue, bruise.
| 1663 Butler Hud. i. iii. 1039 Though we with blacks and blews are suggil'd. |
2. To defame, revile.
| 1539–40 Abp. Parker in Strype Life (1711) App. 7 To allure the Peoples Minds..to ourselves, with depraving, sugilling, and noting the other. 1561 Ibid. 30 This contemptible flock, that wil not shrink to offer their Blood for the defence of Christ's verity, if it be openly impugned, or secretly suggilled. |