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| soot [ st, soot ] |
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black dust given off by fire: a black powdery form of carbon produced when coal, wood, or oil is burned, which rises up in fine particles with the flames and smoke
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transitive verb (past and past participle soot·ed, present participle soot·ing, 3rd person present singular soots) |
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cover with soot: to sprinkle or cover something with soot
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| [ Old English sōt "something that sits" < Germanic, "sit"] |
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