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overstrew, v.|-ˈstruː, -ˈstrəʊ|
Forms: see strew.
[over- 8: cf. MHG. überströuwen, G. überstreuen, Du. overstrooijen.]
1. trans. To strew or sprinkle (something) over something else.
1570Levins Manip. 181/6 To Ouerstrowe, supersternere. 1798G. Mitchell tr. Karsten's Min. Leskean Museum 294 Iron Ore, with overstrewed Crystals of Copper Pyrites.
2. To strew or sprinkle something over (something else); to oversprinkle with. (Chiefly in pa. pple.)
1578Lyte Dodoens v. i. 545 The leaues be..as if they were ouerstrowen with meale or flower. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 1143 The top o'erstraw'd With sweets. a1661Fuller Worthies i. (1662) 20 Were the Subject we treat of over⁓strewed with Ashes, (like the floor of Bells Temple). 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 27 The clammy Surface all o'er-strown with Tribes Of greedy Insects. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 400 Brilliant spirals, overstrewn with a multitude of stars. |