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sootying

sootying is the present participle and gerund of sooty.

Meaning of sooty

Verb

sooty (third-person singular simple present sooties, present participle sootying, simple past and past participle sootied)

  1. To blacken or make dirty with soot.
    • Sootied with noisome smoke.1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...

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Questions about sootying

What is sootying the present participle and gerund of?
Sootying is the present participle and gerund of sooty.

Words near sootying in the dictionary

  1. sooty stripe
  2. sooty tern
  3. sooty terns
  4. sooty-headed bulbul
  5. sooty-headed wren
  6. sootying
  7. soowee
  8. Sooy
  9. Sooys
  10. sop
  11. sop kambing

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