"Soot" is a word in ENGLISH
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from
fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and
adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke;
strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors
smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with,
soot; as, to soot land.
Alt. of Soote
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The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring …
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