Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sooty"
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.
``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} (Zo["o]l.), an albatross ({Ph[oe]betria
fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called
also {nellie}.
{Sooty tern} (Zo["o]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found
chiefly in tropical seas.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sooty
adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
[syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {jet-black}, {pitchy}]
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