SOOTY

sooty. Sooty, a. covered with or like soot, black, dark

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Soot″y (?), a. [Compar. Sootier (?); superl. Sootiest.] [[AS. s�tig. See Soot.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. “Fire of sooty coal.” Milton.
2. 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 (Phœbetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; — called also nellie. — Sooty tern (Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.