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Col·lied p. & a. Darkened. See Colly, v. t.
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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.
colly
v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when
you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime,
bemire] [ant: clean]
[also: collied, colliest, collier]