Colly
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make foul or dirty; grime, as with the smut of coal; blacken.
noun.
The black grime or soot of coal or burned wood.
noun.
See
collie
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A kind of dog. See
collie
.
transitive verb.
To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
noun.
The black grime or soot of coal.
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adjective.
black
as
coal
verb.
to make
black
, as with
coal
noun.
Soot
.
noun.
A
blackbird
noun.
Alternative spelling of
collie
.
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verb.
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
Word Usage
""colly" birds, colly referring to soot or coal black."
Form
collied
collying
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Ali
Bali
Bengali
Cali
Dali
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
begrime
variant
collie
collied
collier
colliest
verb-form
collied
collies
collying