To accomplish this it was necessary to get rid of those of the crew who were not of his party; but before imbruing his hands with blood he caused his accomplices to sign a species of compact, by which they promised fidelity one to another.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
And as gentle means are so admirable, it would be as well to stop incision and imbruing between those two boys.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
At other times, I thought, What if the young man who was with so much difficulty restrained from imbruing his hands in me should yield to a constitutional impatience, or should mistake the time, and should think himself accredited to my heart and liver to-night, instead of to-morrow!
"Great Expectations"
Charles Dickens