cullis

plural cullises

1. architectureA gutter in a roof.
2. architectureA channel or groove, as for a side-scene in a theatre.
3. obsoleteA strong meat broth, strained and made clear for someone who is ill

   When I am excellent at caudles And cullises […] you shall be welcome to me.

   1609–1612, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Captaine”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii

4. obsoletea savoury jelly.

   Lentils[…]Are chiefly used to make cullis for soups and made dishes, as follows: pick and wash ½ a pint or more, according to the quantity wanted. Stew them in broth; when done, pulp them through a sieve, and season as you like.

   1851, Anne Cobbett, The English Housekeeper, Chapter 18

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   To make fine Cullis or Jelly.[…]Take a red Cock, scald, wash and dress him clean, seeth it in White-wine or Rhenish Wine, and scum it clean, put in a pint of thick Cream to it, then put in whole Spices, Sugar and Rosewater, and boil them together.

   1684, Hannah Woolley, The Queen-like Closet

1. A surname.