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begrime, v.|bɪˈgraɪm|
[f. be- 6 + grime.]
trans. To blacken or soil with grime, or dirt which sinks into the surface, and discolours it.
a1553Udall Roister D. (Arb.) 48 All to begrime you with worshyp. 1603Holland Plutarch 215 (R.) Enjoyning men to begrime and bewray themselves with dirt. 1853Sir J. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sc. i. §21 (1873) 15 In your eyes, in your mouth, begriming every pore.
Hence beˈgrimed ppl. a. beˈgrimer n.
1604Shakes. Oth. iii. iii. 387 My name that was as fresh As Dians Visage, is now begrim'd and blacke As mine own face. 1611Cotgr., Patrouilleur, a smeecher, begrimer, besmearer. 1865Sat. Rev. 8 July 48/1 The blackened and begrimed people who had worked so hard. |