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To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.
Meaning & usage
To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *colwen, *colȝen (attested in colwed, colwinge), from Old English *colgian, from Proto-West Germanic *koligōn (“to make black as coal, blacken with coal”).
The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *colwen, *colȝen (attested in colwed, colwinge), from Old English *colgian, from Proto-West Germanic *koligōn (“to make black as coal, blacken with coal”).
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