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colly

English

Etymology

From Middle English cole (“coal”) + -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?li/
  • Homophones: collie, cauli

Adjective

colly (comparative collier, superlative colliest)

  1. (Britain, dialect) black as coal
    • 1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas
      four colly birds

Verb

colly (third-person singular simple present collies, present participle collying, simple past and past participle collied)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal
    • Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard

Translations

Noun

colly (plural collies)

  1. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
  2. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird
  3. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie

See also

  • collywobbles

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colley

English

Noun

colley (plural colleys)

  1. Dated form of collie (“dog breed”).

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?.l?/

Noun

colley m (plural colleys)

  1. collie (group of dog breeds)

Further reading

  • “colley” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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