col·ly /ˈkɑli/
Col·lie n. Zool. The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]
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Col·ly n. A kind of dog. See Collie.
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Col·ly n. The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.]
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]