Thesaurus: colly
The black grime or soot of coal.
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Definitions
- n. The black grime or soot of coal.
- v. t. To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
- n. A kind of dog. See Collie.
- v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton. To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak. A kind of dog. See Collie.
- The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
- v make soiled, filthy, or dirty