Definition of soot

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Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..

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Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop ..
Soothfast :: Soothfast (a.) Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful..
Sooth :: Sooth (superl.) True; faithful; trustworthy.
Soothed :: Soothed (imp. & p. p.) of Sooth.
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
Soot :: Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..
Crock :: Crock (v. t.) To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth..
Soothe :: Soothe (a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Sooth :: Sooth (a.) Blandishment; cajolery.
Aruspice :: Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Soothsayer :: Soothsayer (n.) A mantis.
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm..
Forsooth :: Forsooth (v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
Sootish :: Sootish (a.) Sooty.
Soothfast :: Soothfast (adv.) Soothly; really; in fact.
Unction :: Unction (n.) That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive..
Egg-bird :: Egg-bird (n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris..
Demulsion :: Demulsion (n.) The act of soothing; that which soothes.
Fuliginous :: Fuliginous (a.) Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
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