Cōl'ly1, n.
[From coal.] The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood. [Written also collow.] Burton.
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[From coal.] The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood. [Written also collow.] Burton.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. COLLIED; p. pr. & vb. n. COLLYING.] To render black or dark, as if with coal smut.
Nor hast thou collied thy face enough. B. Jonson.
Brief as the lightning in the collied night. Shak.
n. A variety of dog much esteemed by Scotch shepherds. [Written also collie.]