colly.
Black as coal.
Meaning & usage
Black as coal.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.
To make black, as with coal.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
Soot.
A blackbird
Alternative spelling of collie.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
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