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a1592 R. Greene Orpharion (1599) 42 Linaments, whereupon this natiue colour was ouer-dasht.

1600 T. Middleton Ghost of Lucrece sig. C5^v Lucrece, alas, thou picture of thy selfe, Drawne poore and pale by that old painter time, And ouerdasht by Death that meagre elfe.

1797 F. G. Waldron Virgin Queen ii. iii. 41 The thought of that would make me brave the night, Tho' rent-up rocks 'mid yesty waves o'erdash'd.

1885 Belgravia Feb. 398 Probably Mrs. Inglefield is a little over-dashed with spirit—a trifle too strong, let us say—for every one's taste.

1914 G. A. Edwards Darkness & Dawn ii. xii The further end of the ledge, overdashed with wild jets of spray and stinging drives of brine.

1946 J. Hjejle tr. P. Johnson in Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening Københaven 109 2 The rocky coasts of Bornholm, which in the most places form a wild, torn landscape..which during the violent autumn and winter gales is overrun or overdashed by the surf.