soot

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Source: opted

3. a. Alt. of Soote Source: opted

4. n. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink Source: wordnet

5. v. coat with soot Source: wordnet

6. 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. To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer. Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer. Source: webster

7. A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuelin the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, andadheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke;strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colorssmoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke. Source: adambom

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