Sooty

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
	2.	Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. Sooty albatross (Zool.) an albatross (Phœbetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; - called also nellie. Sooty tern (Zool.) a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
v. t.	1.	To black or foul with soot. Sootied with noisome smoke. - Chapman.

Adj.

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sooty - of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal Synonyms: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy

besmirched, blotchy, dingy, dirty, dusty, fuliginous, grimy, grubby, grungy, messy, miry, muddy, murky, scruffy, slovenly, smirched, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, untidy