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col·ly

   [kol-ee] verb, col·lied, col·ly·ing, noun British Dialect
verb (used with object)
1.
to blacken as with coal dust; begrime.
noun
2.
grime; soot.

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Origin:
1555–65; variant of collow (v.), Middle English colwen, derivative of Old English col coal; see -y1
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colly (ˈkɒlɪ)
 
—n , pl -lies
1.  soot or grime, such as coal dust
 
—vb , -lies, collies, collying, collied
2.  (tr) to begrime; besmirch
 
[C16: ultimately from Old English colcoal]

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