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(), a.[ComparSootier (); superl.Sootiest.] [AS. stig. See Soot.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton. 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. Sooty albatross (Zol.), an albatross (Phbetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie. Sooty tern (Zol.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas. Soot"y v. t.To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman. スポンサード リンク
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