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sooty |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sooty \Soot"y\, v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. --Chapman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s?tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. ``Fire of sooty coal.'' --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. ``The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.'' --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo["o]l.), an albatross ({Ph[oe]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo["o]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sooty adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {jet-black}, {pitchy}]
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