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Smoot vs Soot - What's the difference?

smoot | soot |

As nouns the difference between smoot and soot

is that smoot is a unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters) while soot is fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

As a verb soot is

to cover or dress with soot.

smoot

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia smoot) Height of , who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches]] (approximately 1.70 [[meter, meters).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

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    * * English eponyms

    soot

    English

    (wikipedia soot)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

    • Synonyms

    * lampblack

    See also

    * carbon black

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or dress with soot.
    • to soot land
    (Mortimer)

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