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Webster 1913 Edition

Soot

Soot

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
sot
, AS.
s[GREEK]t
; akin to Icel.
s[GREEK]t
, Sw.
sot
, Dan.
sod
, OD.
soet
, Lith.
s[GREEK]dis
; cf. Gael.
suith
, Ir.
suth
.]
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sooted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sooting
.]
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot;
as, to
soot
land
.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soot

SOOT

,
Noun.
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. Soot consists of oil, carbon and other substances. The soot of burnt pine forms lampblack.

SOOT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover or foul with soot.

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