Soot"y (?), a. [Compar Sootier (?); superl. Sootiest.] [AS. stig. 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 Zool., an albatross (Phebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie. -- Sooty tern Zool., a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
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Soot"y, v. t.
To black or foul with soot.
[R.]
Sootied with noisome smoke.
Chapman.
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