begrime

The news of so unlucky an event soon reached the ears of the Emir, who abandoned himself to grief and despair, and began, as did all his old grey-beards, to begrime his visage with ashes. 

From The History of Caliph Vathek by Beckford, William

There are my compeers, gay at court, While here the tears my face begrime.

From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius

The news of so unlucky an event soon reached the ears of the emir, who abandoned himself to grief and despair, and began, as did his old grey-beards, to begrime his visage with ashes.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

The lorde one day all to begrime you with worshyp, Backe sir sauce, let gentlefolkes haue elbowe roome, Voyde sirs, see ye not maister Roister Doister come?

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

He saw a face which even the dust of the streets could not so begrime as to hide its sweetness or its tenderness, as, with deep solicitude, she bent over her cousin.

From The Earth Trembled by Roe, Edward Payson

He’s spent most of the past couple of days sitting on the begrimed concrete outside a bustling 7-Eleven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

The cinematography is crisp and cool, and although the sets aren’t quite as striking as the begrimed art deco look from the film, there’s more than enough exposed wood and gold trim to go around.

From Slate ● May 19, 2020

He is about to shoot when the young, begrimed soldier holds up his hand in what is now the peace symbol, but at the time meant: "Do you have a cigarette?"

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2019

It’s there that the film’s “refuge” scenes were staged, replicating the cave in which the begrimed, emaciated workers lived until an international team of engineers was able to drill a rescue shaft 2,300 feet down.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2015

Nearly blinded by the flying embers he had dashed water on his head and face, and his matted hair and begrimed skin added to his frightened looks made him seem like another person.”

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

The factory smokestacks begriming the sky in the opening scene are in Stratford, a section of London's East End where jobs and hope are in short supply.

From Time Magazine Archive

What could be seen of the skin of his face and hands under its stains and begriming was of a dull yellow.

From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Harte, Bret

I thought that Welcker, Plunkett, Brooks, and all   The ghastly crew who always are begriming With villain couplets every page and wall,   Might be arrested and "run in" for rhyming.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

Southeast of Merritt's central position a curling white smoke rising from the main ravine through the moisture-laden air, and begriming the folds of a red-and-blue headquarters flag, indicates where Crook himself is to be found.

From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles

With the sheet that night is begriming she muzzles herself, and hides her face.

From Light by Wray, Fitzwater