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ˈculmy, a. Also 4 colmie, -omy. [f. culm1 + -y.] † 1. Blackened or begrimed with soot: = coomy.a 1300 K. Horn 1082 He lokede him a-bute Wiþ his colmie snute. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 356 Thanne pacience parceyued of poyntes [of] his cote, Was colmy [v.r. culmy, colomy] þorw coueityse and vnkynde ...
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colmey north. dial. (ˈkɒlmɪ) Also coalmie, colemie, colmie, colmy, and in various dial. forms: see quots. Colmous (quot. 1654) is prob. due to confusion with coalmouse. [Perh. the same word as colmie, colmy, culmy ‘sooty, grimy’; but the early variants are difficult to explain.] The coal-fish.1654 B...
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