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to hollin

to hollin

9.9
To make something black with soot from burning
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : ensuciar
  • The old chimney sweep warned that neglect would soon hollin the ceiling beams.

Examples

  • She watched as the fire hollined the wooden beams.

  • After the fire, the kitchen was hollined and needed a thorough cleaning.

  • Years of burning wood in the fireplace would hollin the stone walls.

  • The chimney hollined the walls of the old house.

  • The old chimney sweep warned that neglect would soon hollin the ceiling beams.

  • Years of burning wood in the fireplace would hollin the stone walls.

  • She watched as the fire hollined the wooden beams.

Synonyms

to blacken
vsto hollin
7 3.2

To cook food at high heat so its outside becomes dark and slightly burnt

refers instead to darkening by smoke rather than by direct burning
to soot
vsto hollin
1 6.7

To make something black with powder left by smoke

is an older dialect word for the same smoky covering

How Black

to hollin
  • Archaic
9.9
to blacken
19 3.4
to begrime
1 9.4
to soil
59 4.5
to smudge
30 3.7

Surface Forms

hollin infinitive
hollined past
hollined past participle
hollining present participle
hollins third person singular

Etymology

Hollin as a verb means 'to cover with soot' and comes from the noun hollin for chimney dust, used when smoke blackened walls or clothes. So, to hollin something is to make it dark or black with smoke and soot.