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Webster 1913 Edition


Sooty

Soot′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sootier
;
sup
erl.
Sootiest
.]
[AS.
s[GREEK]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
(Zool.)
,
an albatross (
Phoebetria fuliginosa
) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; – called also
nellie
.
Sooty tern
(Zool.)
,
a tern (
Sterna fuliginosa
) found chiefly in tropical seas.

Soot′y

,
Verb.
T.
To black or foul with soot.
[R.]
Sootied
with noisome smoke.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sooty

SOOT'Y

, a.
1.
Producing soot; as sooty coal.
2.
Consisting of soot; fuliginons; as sooty matter.
3.
Foul with soot.
4.
Black like soot; dusky; dark; as the sooty flag of Acheron.

SOOT'Y

,
Verb.
T.
To black or foul with soot. [Not authorized.]

Definition 2024


sooty

sooty

English

Adjective

sooty (comparative sootier, superlative sootiest)

  1. of, relating to, or producing soot
    • Milton
      Fire of sooty coal.
  2. soiled with soot
  3. of the color of soot
    • Milton
      The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

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Verb

sooty (third-person singular simple present sooties, present participle sootying, simple past and past participle sootied)

  1. To blacken or make dirty with soot.
    • Chapman
      Sootied with noisome smoke.

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