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SOOTING
Verb
sooting
present participle of soot
Source: Wiktionary
SOOT
Soot ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [OE. sot, AS. s; akin to Icel. s, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.]
Definition: 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.
Soot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sooting.]
Definition: To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.
Soot, Soot"e, a. Etym: [See Sweet.]
Definition: Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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