v. [f. BE- 1 + GREASE v.] trans. To besmear with grease.
1565. Calfhill, Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846), 175. The marrowbones of their matter; wherewith they did so begrease themselves.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon., 426. They … held him polluted who had been so begreased.
1773. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), 1. To begrease the fat sow in the tail … locupletem donis cumulare.
