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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of beslime.

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Examples

  • And it went by the fire-hole, and onward into the dark of the lower way of the Gorge; and I had perceived somewhat of it, as it did go past the fire, and, surely, it was black and beslimed, and utter great in height and in length, and it went always without noise, so that I had not known it to be there, but that I saw it plain with mine eyes.

    The Night Land 2007

  • Although entirely beslimed at the end of the lesson, student gained the necessary knowledge to take on such tasks for both their butchery exams and for the chef careers they hope will follow.

    Sharp objects, fire and dead animals « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007

  • Gorge, as a long hillock, very ugly and black and beslimed.

    The Night Land 2007

  • Let us hope that these comparatively peaceable, although potentially fatal and certainly voracious, snails never call upon their aquatic cousins, thedeadlyCone Snails, one of the most poisonous creatures to crawl across the beslimed and horror-struck face of the planet.

    killer snails on the move! « raincoaster 2006

  • The hooves of the mules softened and flaked, but still they kicked up the slush that beslimed us from head to foot.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • At just that moment, there was a thrashing from the other room, and Valentine Vervain, long red hair liberally beslimed, minus nine-foot train and one of her sleeves, scrambled through the door and plastered herself against the wall, where she promptly passed out.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • Yet it had felt all too real at the time-so real, she had awakened shivering with bone-deep chill, and was a little surprised not to find herself beslimed with mire.

    If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • And it went by the fire-hole, and onward into the dark of the lower way of the Gorge; and I had perceived somewhat of it, as it did go past the fire, and, surely, it was black and beslimed, and utter great in height and in length, and it went always without noise, so that I had not known it to be there, but that I saw it plain with mine eyes.

    The Night Land: Chapter 9 1912

  • Tetlow shuddered, yet was moved and thrilled, too, as he glanced from face to face -- those hideous hairy countenances, begrimed and beslimed, each countenance expressing in its own repulsive way the one emotion of gratified longing for food and drink.

    Grain of Dust. 1911

  • Everywhere they have beslimed its purity and befouled its beauty, darkening the very sunshine.

    The Task of Social Hygiene Havelock Ellis 1899

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  • But oh! it turned poor Strephon’s bowels,

    When he beheld and smelt the towels,

    Begummed, besmattered, and beslimed

    With dirt, and sweat, and ear-wax grimed.

    -Jonathan Swift, "The Lady's Dressing-Room"

    April 13, 2009