colly
/ˈkɑli/
verb
- To make or become black with soot or coal dust; to blacken.
- The fire had collied the walls of the kitchen over many years.
- The old chimney sweep's hands were collied from a day's work.
- She wiped her face, trying not to colly her clean shirt with ash.
Synonyms
adjective
- Blackened or stained with soot or coal dust.
- The colly windows of the abandoned factory let in little light.
- He looked at his colly hands and laughed.
- The miner's colly face showed how hard he had worked.