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sooting

  • present 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.

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The offensive production from Morant came on 12 of 19 sooting from the field and marked the ninth time in the past 10 games the All-Star guard reached the 30-point mark.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022

The night-watchman, Alfred Swanson, took care of this curious plant, which consisted of a battery of petroleum lamps that were forced to burn to the sooting point.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer

After that all had gone well—except for a plug sooting on number three cylinder and a halt for petrol about fifty miles outside London.

From Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee