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overˈrunner
[f. overrun v. + -er1.]
One who or that which overruns (in senses of the vb.).
a1350Cursor M. 270 (Gött.) Here endis the prolouge of þis boke þat es cald ouerrener of þe werld. a1657Lovelace Poems (1659) 83 Vandall ore-runners, Goths in Literature, Ploughmen that would Parnassus new manure. 1742Fielding J. Andrews iii. vi, Ringwood the best hound..no babbler, no over-runner, respected by the whole pack. 1898G. Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 44 Gallia's over-runner, Rome's inveterate foe.
b. The shrew-mouse. dial.
1883Hampshire Gloss., Our-runner, for Over-runner,..a shrew-mouse; which is supposed to portend ill-luck if it runs over a person's foot. |