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Webster 1913 Edition
Sooty
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.
Definition 2024
sooty
sooty
English
Adjective
sooty (comparative sootier, superlative sootiest)
- of, relating to, or producing soot
- Milton
- Fire of sooty coal.
- Milton
- soiled with soot
- of the color of soot
- Milton
- The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.
- Milton
Derived terms
Translations
of, relating to, or producing soot
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soiled with soot
Verb
sooty (third-person singular simple present sooties, present participle sootying, simple past and past participle sootied)
Translations
to blacken or make dirty with soot
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