Definitions for colly
col·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemireverb

   make soiled, filthy, or dirty

   "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collynoun

   Soot.

2. collynoun

   A blackbird

3. collyverb

   to make black, as with coal

4. collyadjective

   black as coal

   ... four colly birds . . . - Twelve Days of Christmas

5. Etymology: From cole + -y

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collynoun

   The smut of coal.

   Etymology: from coal.

   Suppose thou saw her dressed in some old hirsute attire, out of fashion, coarse raiment, besmeared with soot, colly, perfumed with opopanax. Robert Burton, on Melancholy.

2. To Collyverb

   To grime with coal; to smut with coal.

   Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
   That, in a speen, unfolds both heav’n and earth;
   And, ere a man hath pow’r to say behold,
   The jaws of darkness do devour it up. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. colly

   Collie or Colly may mean:

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1. colly

   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 Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to describe the darkened, night-time atmosphere.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Collynoun

   the black grime or soot of coal

2. Collyverb

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

3. Collynoun

   a kind of dog. See Collie

4. Etymology: [From Coal.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Colly

   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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Colly

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

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COLLY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Colly is ranked #117480 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Colly surname appeared 148 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Colly.
   
   47.3% or 70 total occurrences were White.
   41.2% or 61 total occurrences were Black.
   8.1% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce colly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=colly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Colly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=colly
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colly
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colly
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=colly
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=colly
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html