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colly

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒli/

The English word “colly” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Black as coal.

verb

  1. To make black, as with coal.

noun

  1. Soot.
  2. A blackbird

Etymology

From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.

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