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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sooty  \Soot"y\,  a.  [Compar  {Sootier};  superl.  {Sootiest}.]  [AS. 
  s?tig.  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  an  albatross  ({Ph[oe]betria 
  fuliginosa})  found  chiefly  in  the  Pacific  Ocean;  --  called 
  also  {nellie}. 
 
  {Sooty  tern}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  tern  ({Sterna  fuliginosa})  found 
  chiefly  in  tropical  seas. 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Nellie,  OH  (village,  FIPS  53816) 
  Location:  40.33830  N,  82.06843  W 
  Population  (1990):  130  (86  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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