3 entries under this word

Colly

Cōl'ly, n.

noun

[From coal.] The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood. [Written also collow.] Burton.

Cŏl'ly, v. t.

verbtransitive

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.

Cōl'ly, n.

noun

n. A variety of dog much esteemed by Scotch shepherds. [Written also collie.]