SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, Dan. sod; possibly from root sed, to sit)

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SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, Dan. sod; possibly from root sed, to sit) , the

black

BLACK
BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
BLACK,
JEREMIAH
- JEREMIAH
SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

substance produced in the process of the

combustion

COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

fuel

FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus,
hearth
- HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several
  Teutonic
  - TEUTONIC
  - TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
  languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")
,
fire
- FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-
  Teutonic
  - TEUTONIC
  - TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
  form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)
)

and deposited in finely granulated particles on the interior of chimneys or pipes through which the smoke passes. Soot is a natural nitrogenous manure (q.v.), and its value depends on the

ammonia

AMMONIA (NH3)

salts contained in it.

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