colly

[Richarddok]

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

[Couch Potatoe]

To grime with coal; to smut with coal.

[Monty]

Collie or Colly may mean:

[Gonzalesalix 0]

Colly refers to the act of blackening with coal dust. The term is commonly used in the context of the state of being covered or smudged with coal dust or soot. It originates from the old English term col meaning coal. The past tense, collied, is famously used in Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream to describe the darkened, night-time atmosphere.

[Tanya Shivari]

the black grime or soot of coal

[Marquetta]

to render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime

[Sommer]

Colly Township is a district in Bladen County, North Carolina, USA.
Colly Township was once home to the WECT tower, a guyed TV tower, which was one of the tallest constructions in the world. Erected in 1969, the tower was demolished in 2012.

[Mendocky]

kol′li, v.t. to begrime with coal-dust: (Shak.) to darken.—p.adj. Col′lied. [See Coal.]

[CarinMusic]

to make black, as with coal

[Thu Thi Le]

a kind of dog. See Collie