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Traditional English :: soot
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soot.html - n. & v. --n. a black carbonaceous substance rising in fine flakes in the smoke of wood, coal, oil, etc., and deposited on the sides of a chimney etc. --v.tr. cover with soot. [OE sot f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: sooth
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soot.html - n. archaic truth, fact. in sooth really, truly. [OE soth (orig. adj., = true) f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: soothe
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soot.html - v.tr. 1 calm (a person or feelings). 2 soften or mitigate (pain). 3 archaic flatter or humour. soother n. soothing adj. soothingly adv. [OE sothian verify f. soth true: see SOOTH] |
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Traditional English :: soothsayer
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soot.html - n.
a diviner or seer. [ME, = one who says the truth: see SOOTH] |
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Traditional English :: sooty
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soot.html - adj. (sootier, sootiest) 1 covered with or full of soot. 2 ( esp. of an animal or bird) black or brownish-black. sooty albatross an albatross, Diomedia chrysostoma, with grey-brown plumage. sootily adv. sootiness n. |
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English Idioms :: soon
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soot.html - See: AS SOON, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED. |
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