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grime

[grahym] noun, verb, grimed, grim⋅ing.
–noun
1. dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, esp. adhering to or embedded in a surface.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cover with dirt; make very dirty; soil.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME grim; appar. special use of OE grīma mask, to denote layer of dust; cf. dial. D grijm
grime   (grīm)   
n.  Black dirt or soot, especially such dirt clinging to or ingrained in a surface.
tr.v.   grimed, grim·ing, grimes
To cover with black dirt or soot; begrime.

[Middle English grim; akin to Middle Dutch grīme; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots.]

Grime

Grime\, n. [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace.] Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

Grime

Grime\, v. t. To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.
Language Translation for : grime
Spanish: mugre,
German: der Schmutz,
Japanese: しつこい汚れ

grime 
1590, probably alteration of M.E. grim "dirt, filth," from M.L.G. greme "dirt" (cf. Flem. grijm, M.Du. grime). The verb was earliest (as M.E. grymen, c.1470) but was replaced early 16c. by begrime.
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