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collying

collying is the present participle and gerund 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 collying

What is collying the present participle and gerund of?
Collying is the present participle and gerund of colly.

Words near collying in the dictionary

  1. collybist
  2. collybistin
  3. collybists
  4. Collyer
  5. Collyhurst
  6. collying
  7. Collymore
  8. Collymores
  9. Collyns
  10. collyria
  11. Collyridian

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