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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Instimulate :: Instimulate (v. t.) Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
Dulce :: Dulce (v. t.) To make sweet; to soothe.
Fuliginous :: Fuliginous (a.) Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.
Paregoric :: Paregoric (a.) Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir..
Dill :: Dill (n.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dillseed..
Aruspice :: Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Soot :: 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..
Blacks :: Blacks (n. pl.) Soot flying in the air.
Salve :: Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe..
Demulcent :: Demulcent (a.) Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent..
Healing :: Healing (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words..
Quaker :: Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Soothing :: Soothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sooth.
Lampblack :: Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements..
Soothsay :: Soothsay (v. i.) To foretell; to predict.
Balsam :: Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores..
Accoy :: Accoy (v. t.) To render quiet; to soothe.
Southsay :: Southsay (v. i.) See Soothsay.
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