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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cūl'liŏn, n.

noun

(kūl'yun), n. [O. Fr. couillon, coillon, now coïon, It. coglione, Sp. collon, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from O. Fr. couillon, coillon, Pr. colho, coillo, It. coglione, testicle, from Pr. & O. Fr. coil, It. coglia, the scrotum, from Lat. coleus, culeus, a leather bag, the scrotum.]

  1. A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. “Away, base cullions.” Shak.
  2. (Bot.) A round or bulbous root; Orchis.