Meaning of COLLY
| Pronunciation: | | kâllee
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| | Definition: | | [v] make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
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| | Synonyms: | | begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil |
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| | Antonyms: | | clean, make clean | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, blemish, change, contaminate, crock, foul, mire, muck, muck up, mud, muddy, muddy up, pollute, slime, smear, splash, spot | |
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\Col"ly\, n. [From {Coal}.]
The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] --Burton.
\Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Collying}.]
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.
\Col"ly\, n.
A kind of dog. See {Collie}.
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