Category:Sooty

Soot"y, a. [compar sootier; superl. Sootiest.] Etym: [as. s. See Soot.]

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.

Sooty Soot"y, v. t.

Defn: to black or foul with soot. [r.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.