transitive. To cover with grime, to blacken, befoul. Also (figurative) to grime the face of. (Cf. begrime, v.)

transitive. To blacken or soil with grime, or dirt which sinks into the surface, and discolours it.

transitive. ‘To blacken with smoke or soot’ (Johnson), to dirty; also figurative.

transitive. To blacken, esp. with smoke; to scorch; (more generally) to make dirty, to mark.

transitive. To smut with soot or grime; to soil, defile.

transitive. To make dirty or grimy. Cf. bruckled, adj.