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Webster 1913 Edition

Soot

Soot

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
sot
, AS.
s[GREEK]t
; akin to Icel.
s[GREEK]t
, Sw.
sot
, Dan.
sod
, OD.
soet
, Lith.
s[GREEK]dis
; cf. Gael.
suith
, Ir.
suth
.]
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See
Smoke
.

Soot

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sooted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sooting
.]
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot;
as, to
soot
land
.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soot

SOOT

,
Noun.
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. Soot consists of oil, carbon and other substances. The soot of burnt pine forms lampblack.

SOOT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover or foul with soot.

Definition 2024

soot

soot

English

Noun

soot ‎(uncountable)

  1. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

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Verb

soot ‎(third-person singular simple present soots, present participle sooting, simple past and past participle sooted)

  1. (transitive) To cover or dress with soot.
    to soot land
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Etymology

From Old English sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą ‎(“soot”), a derivation of *sitjaną (whence also English sit). Cognate with Old Norse sót, dated Dutch zoet and Middle Low German sōt. Compare similar ō-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‎(“sit”) in Old Irish suide ‎(“soot”) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai ‎(“soot”), and Proto-Slavic *sadja ‎(“soot”) (Russian са́жа ‎(sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда ‎(sážda)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʊt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊt

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