The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by
English schoolboys.
Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day
in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then
before Paris, died from the cold.
1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.] The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott. 2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or...