The Collaborative International Dictionary
Collying
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.
Thou hast not collied thy face enough.
--B. Jonson.
Brief as the lighting in the collied night.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
collying
vb. (present participle of colly English)