besootv.
/bɪˈsʊt/ transitive. To soil or blacken with (or as with) soot.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with soot or coal-dust
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1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 12 Was it fit that hee should besoot his face with the same paintings?
1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 12 This Coale..flies abroad..besoots all the Leaves.
Derivatives
beˈsooting n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > sootiness > dirtying with soot or coal-dust
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Poislure, a smutting, smeering, besooting.
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