sootie
Scots
Adjective
sootie (comparative mair sootie, superlative maist sootie)
- dark; soot-coloured; sooty
- 1785, Robert Burns, Address to the Deil:
- O Thou! whatever title suit thee-
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie,
Wha in yon cavern grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie,
To scaud poor wretches!- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (Can we date this quote?), John Lapraik, The Devil's Answer to the Poet's Address:
- Thou ca's me Hornie, Nick an' Clootie,
An' tells my cave is grim an' sootie;
But stop, thou'lt, may-be, be my booty;
I'll try my skill;
I'll gang as far as Fate will let me,
An' wi' guid will.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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