Collied

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collied \Col"lied\, p. & a.
     Darkened. See {Colly}, v. t.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Colly \Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Collying}.]
     To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
     [Archaic.]
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           Thou hast not collied thy face enough.   --B. Jonson.
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           Brief as the lighting in the collied night. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  collied
       See {colly}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colly
       v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when
           you play outside!" [syn: {dirty}, {soil}, {begrime}, {grime},
            {bemire}] [ant: {clean}]
       [also: {collied}, {colliest}, {collier}]