begrime

From be- (“about, all over”) +‎ grime.

• Rhymes: -aɪm

begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed)

1. (transitive) To make something dirty; to soil
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter VII, page 78:

     The smoke of the pine-wood fires […] had most effectually begrimed their features, and their dresses had not scrupled to partake of the same colouring.