colly

Definitions

1. 1.The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
2. 2.To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.
3. 3.A kind of dog. See Collie.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton called?
• What is to render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak called?