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(Zoöl.), an albatross (Phœbetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; — called also nellie. — Sooty tern(Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.