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Sooty

Sooty Meaning & Definition
Sooty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sooty?

[adj] of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sooty: achromatic | coal-black | jet | jet-black | pitchy

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Sooty In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Soot"y\, v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. --Chapman.

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