[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sooty \soot"y\, a. compar. sootier; superl. sootiest. as.
   s?tig. see soot.
   1. of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
      "fire of sooty coal." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous;
      dusky; dark. "the grisly legions that troop under the
      sooty flag of acheron." --milton.
      1913 webster

   sooty albatross zool., an albatross phoebetria
      fuliginosa found chiefly in the pacific ocean; -- called
      also nellie.

   sooty tern zool., a tern sterna fuliginosa found
      chiefly in tropical seas.
      1913 webster
see also:
sootier sootiest soot sooty albatross phoebetria fuliginosa nellie 
sooty tern sterna fuliginosa 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sooty \soot"y\, v. t.
   to black or foul with soot. r.
   1913 webster

         sootied with noisome smoke.              --chapman.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sooty
     adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
           syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy
     also: sootiest, sootier
see also:
coal-black jet jet-black pitchy sootiest sootier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 moby thesaurus words for "sooty":
   besmirched, blotchy, dingy, dirty, dusty, fuliginous, grimy,
   grubby, grungy, messy, miry, muddy, murky, scruffy, slovenly,
   smirched, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy,
   untidy

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