These cottons begrime their wearers sadly, the colour is not fast, the indigo being ill prepared.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
Friend, even as bees about the flowering thyme, Years crowd on years, till hoar decay begrime Names once beloved; but, seeing the sun the same, As birds of autumn fain to praise the prime, Our father Chaucer, here we praise thy name.
"A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
After the consent of the girl and her parents has been obtained, one more ordeal remains; the bridal couple have to run the gauntlet of the mischievous village boys, who stand ready with sooted hands to begrime their faces and bodies; and generally they succeed so well that bride and groom present the appearance of negroes.
"Primitive Love and Love-Stories"
Henry Theophilus Finck