About The Word Sooty
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Sooty
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Sooty: See Also | 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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