collied

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collied - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Collied \Col"lied\, p. & a.
     Darkened. See Colly, v. t.
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  Colly \Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Collying.]
     To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
     [Archaic.]
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           Thou hast not collied thy face enough.   --B. Jonson.
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           Brief as the lighting in the collied night. --Shak.
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