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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Forsooth :: Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter..
Austromancy :: Austromancy (n.) Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds..
Healing :: Healing (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words..
Sout :: Sout (n.) Soot.
Soothfast :: Soothfast (adv.) Soothly; really; in fact.
Fuliginosity :: Fuliginosity (n.) The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke.
Downy :: Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet..
Crock :: Crock (v. t.) To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth..
Soothsay :: Soothsay (v. i.) To foretell; to predict.
Sootish :: Sootish (a.) Sooty.
Good :: Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
Soother :: Soother (n.) One who, or that which, soothes..
Embay :: Embay (v. t.) To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.
Nepenthe :: Nepenthe (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting..
Mamgabey :: Mamgabey (n.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black..
Paregoric :: Paregoric (a.) Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir..
Sooty :: Sooty (v. t.) To black or foul with soot.
Soote :: Soote (a.) Sweet.
Crock :: Crock (n.) The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth..
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