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collied

collied is the simple past and past participle of colly.

Meaning of colly

Verb

colly (third-person singular simple present collies, present participle collying, simple past and past participle collied)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make black, as with coal.
    • Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv

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Questions about collied

What is collied the simple past and past participle of?
Collied is the simple past and past participle of colly.

Words near collied in the dictionary

  1. collidings
  2. collie
  3. collie eye anomaly
  4. collie-shangie
  5. collie-shangies
  6. collied
  7. collielike
  8. collier
  9. Collier County
  10. Collier Street
  11. collieries

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