COLLY


Meaning of COLLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-lē ]

transitive verb

( col·lied ; col·ly·ing )

Etymology: alteration of Middle English colwen, from Old English * colgian, from Old English col coal

Date: 1590

dialect chiefly British : to blacken with or as if with soot

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