Definition of soot

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Soot (n.) 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..

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Egg-bird :: Egg-bird (n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris..
Soothe :: Soothe (a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Humor :: Humor (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
Sooty :: Sooty (superl.) Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.
Soothfast :: Soothfast (a.) Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful..
Soothsayer :: Soothsayer (n.) One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
Asbolin :: Asbolin (n.) A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot..
Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
Soothe :: Soothe (a.) To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows..
Collow :: Collow (n.) Soot; smut. See 1st Colly.
Bistre :: Bistre (n.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
Fuliginosity :: Fuliginosity (n.) The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke.
Demulsion :: Demulsion (n.) The act of soothing; that which soothes.
Soothing :: Soothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sooth.
Soothsaying :: Soothsaying (n.) The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.
Aruspice :: Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Besmut :: Besmut (v. t.) To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
Bland :: Bland (a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet..
Balsam :: Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores..
Soothness :: Soothness (n.) Truth; reality.
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