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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s[?]tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas. | |
