begrease, v.
(bɪˈgriːs)
[f. be- 1 + grease v.]
trans. To besmear with grease.
| 1565 J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 175 The marrowbones of their matter; wherewith they did so begrease themselves. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 426 They..held him polluted who had been so begreased. 1783 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) i, To begrease the fat sow in the tail..locupletem donis cumulare. |