Sootiest

3 definitions found

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

  Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar. {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS.
     s?tig. See {Soot}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
        "Fire of sooty coal." --Milton.
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     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.
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     {Sooty albatross} (Zool.), an albatross ({Phoebetria
        fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called
        also {nellie}.
  
     {Sooty tern} (Zool.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found
        chiefly in tropical seas.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sooty
       adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
             [syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {jet-black}, {pitchy}]
       [also: {sootiest}, {sootier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sootiest
       See {sooty}