SOOTISH
Soot"ish, a.
Defn: Sooty. Sir T. Browne.
SOOTY
Soot"y, a. [Compar Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] Etym: [AS. s. See
Soot.]
1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton.
2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." Milton. Sooty albatross (Zoöl.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; — called also nellie. — Sooty tern (Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
SOOTY
Soot"y, v. t.
Defn: To black or foul with soot. [R.]
Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
SOP Sop, n. Etym: [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.]
1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to
be eaten.
He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John
xiii. 26.
Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.
The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; — so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.