"colly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colly.wav Forms: collier [comparative], colliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coly}} Middle English coly, {{inh|en|ang|*coliġ}} Old English *coliġ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kolig}} Proto-West Germanic *kolig, {{suf|en|coal|-y|id2=adjectival}} coal + -y, {{doublet|en|coaly}} Doublet of coaly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} colly (comparative collier, superlative colliest)
  1. (British, dialect) Black as coal. Tags: British, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Thrushes Derived forms: colliness
    Sense id: en-colly-en-adj--xsTJr1Q Disambiguation of Thrushes: 61 11 8 18 2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 16 8 18 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 7 4 21 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 12 5 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 7 5 20 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 29 12 17 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 11 7 27 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colly.wav Forms: collies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*colien}} Middle English *colien, {{cog|enm|colwed}} Middle English colwed, {{inh|en|ang|*colgian}} Old English *colgian Head templates: {{en-noun}} colly (plural collies)
  1. (British, dialect) Soot. Tags: British, dialectal Categories (topical): Blacks
    Sense id: en-colly-en-noun-Hwcst4sp Disambiguation of Blacks: 25 49 14 7 6 Categories (other): British English
  2. (British, dialect) A blackbird Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-colly-en-noun-wa5R06N8 Categories (other): British English
  3. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie Tags: alt-of, alternative, dated Alternative form of: collie
    Sense id: en-colly-en-noun-TehWUbVg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kelly Related terms: collywobbles
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colly.wav Forms: collies [present, singular, third-person], collying [participle, present], collied [participle, past], collied [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*colien}} Middle English *colien, {{cog|enm|colwed}} Middle English colwed, {{inh|en|ang|*colgian}} Old English *colgian Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (to make black, as with coal): černit [imperfective] (Czech), začernit [perfective] (Czech), придава́ть чёрный цвет (čórnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-colly-en-verb-je2iOC0-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kelly
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1833, William Craig Brownlee, The Whigs of Scotland: Or, The Last of the Stuarts, vol. 2, page 30:",
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          "ref": "1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:",
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      "word": "kelly"
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      "word": "придава́ть чёрный цвет"
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      "word": "collywobbles"
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          "ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:",
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          "ref": "1833, William Craig Brownlee, The Whigs of Scotland: Or, The Last of the Stuarts, vol. 2, page 30:",
          "text": "Can a Whig lick the feet o' the tyrant wha usurps oor Lord's throne, and accept o' ane indulgence frae him, hurled to him as a bane to a colly dog, binding himself to think as he thinks, and to preach as he wulls it; and to flatter tyranny in church and state, to win a paltry boon!",
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          "ref": "1861, Francis Galton, Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860, page 139:",
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        "(dated) Alternative spelling of collie"
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