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

SOOT (0. Eng. sot, cf. Icel. sot, See also:

• DAN

Dan. sod; possibly from See also:

• 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– )

root sed, to sit) , the See also:

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

black substance produced in the See also:

• PROCESS

process of the See also:

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

combustion of See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel and deposited in finely granulated particles on the interior of chimneys or pipes through which the See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke passes . See also:

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

Soot is a natural nitrogenous manure (q.v.), and its value depends on the See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia salts contained in it .