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sooty - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sooty'

English

Adjective

(er)
  • of, relating to, or producing soot
  • * Milton
  • Fire of sooty coal.
  • soiled with soot
  • of the color of soot
  • * Milton
  • The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

    Derived terms

    * sooty albatross * sooty tern

    Verb

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