Thesaurus: sooty

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1. superl. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
2. superl. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.
3. v. t. To black or foul with soot.
4. adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
5. adj. covered with or as if with soot
6. 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 (Zoöl.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie. -- Sooty tern (Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas. To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
7. To black or foul with soot. [R.]Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
8. j:100 s. covered with or as if with soot