'Collying' definitions:

Definition of 'Collying'

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  • Colly \Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied; p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] [1913 Webster]
  • Thou hast not collied thy face enough. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Brief as the lighting in the collied night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]