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sooted

  • past participle
    of soot.
    soot
    noun
    a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
  • past tense form
    of soot.
    soot
    noun
    a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.

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His design touch is about to turn the sooted, shut-down BlackHorn into Shelby Jean’s, which will soon be giving off warm and comfy vibes as a restaurant and pub.

From Washington Times Mar. 21, 2015

Squinting in the glare, 1,727 contestants sooted their sights with candles, tightened their slings, commenced firing at 5:50 a. m. over glistening grass.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some thought it was the edge of a huge and newly invented Nazi smoke screen blown in from the front, for London and the southeast British coast were also sooted.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time we arrived there the snow had become drab and sooted, wet and heavy.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Sooted him, yer know; and it sooted me; so what more did you want?

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn