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The black grime or soot of coal.

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  1. n. The black grime or soot of coal.
  2. v. t. To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
  3. n. A kind of dog. See Collie.
  4. v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty
  5. 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.
  6. The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
  7. v make soiled, filthy, or dirty