sooty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sooty	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sooty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sooty adj of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal Synonym(s): coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sooty \Soot"y\, v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.