| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  gr m |
| NOUN: | Black dirt or soot, especially such dirt clinging to or ingrained in a surface. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: grimed, grim·ing, grimes
To cover with black dirt or soot; begrime. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English grim; akin to Middle Dutch grme. See ghr i- in Appendix I.
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