About The Word Colly
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Colly
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What's The Definition Of Colly?
[v] make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Colly: begrime | bemire | dirty | grime | soil Related Terms | Find terms related to Colly: See Also | alter | blemish | change | contaminate | crock | foul | mire | muck | muck up | mud | muddy | muddy up | pollute | slime | smear | splash | spot Colly In Webster's Dictionary \Col"ly\, n. [From {Coal}.]
The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] --Burton.
\Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collying}.] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. --B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. --Shak. \Col"ly\, n. A kind of dog. See {Collie}. |
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