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overcover, v.|əʊvəˈkʌvə(r)|
[over- 8.]
trans. To cover over; to cover up completely, bury.
1382Wyclif Judith v. 9 Whan hungir hadde ouercouered al the lond, thei wenten doun into Egipt. c1450Lonelich Grail lvi. 433 As sone as vnder the ȝate was he gon, On hym there fyl a gret kernel of ston, And Ouercovered hym bothe tope and to. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xii. 15 Welth, warldly gloir, and riche array Ar all bot thornis..Ourcowerd with flouris. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) F iij, Why then dust thou overcover it with dirt and mire? 1691–2Wood Fasti Oxon. II. (R.), The bags were old and overcovered with dust as if they had lain there 40 years. a1814Prophetess ii. iii. in New Brit. Theatre I. 195 Turret, dome, and spire Are all o'ercover'd with the human swarm. |