What is "sootiest"

Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar. Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] [AS. s?tig. See Soot.]

1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. ``Fire of sooty coal.''
   --Milton.

2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. ``The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.''
   --Milton.

   Sooty albatross (Zo["o]l.), an albatross ( Ph[oe]betria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.

   Sooty tern (Zo["o]l.), a tern ( Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.

1. adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy]

2. [also: sootiest, sootier]

See sooty