Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOOT'Y, a. [Sax. sotig.]

1. Producing soot; as, sooty coal. – Milton.
2. Consisting of soot; fuliginous; as, sooty matter. – Wilkins.
3. Foul with soot.
4. Black like soot; dusky; dark; as, the sooty flag of Acheron. – Milton.