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collow

verb

Etymology

From Middle English *colwen, *colȝen (attested in colwed, colwinge), from Old English *colgian, from Proto-West Germanic *koligōn (“to make black as coal, blacken with coal”).

  1. inherited from *koligōn✻ — “to make black as coal, blacken with coal”
  2. inherited from *colgian✻
  3. inherited from *colwen✻

Definitions

  1. To make foul or dirty

    To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.

  2. The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA