colly

Adjective, Noun

col=ly

WORDNET DICTIONARY

colly(v = verb.contact) begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

colly, n. [From Coal.].

The black grime or soot of coal. Burton.

"Thou hast not collied thy face enough." [1913 Webster]

"Brief as the lighting in the collied night." [1913 Webster]

colly, n.

A kind of dog. See Collie. [1913 Webster]

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