Soot
WordNet
noun
(1) A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
(2) Coat with soot
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Etymology
, from , a derivation of (whence also English ). Cognate with Old Norse , Old Dutch and Middle Low German . Compare similar ō-grade formation from the in Old Irish and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian , and (Russian , Polish and Slovak , Bulgarian ).