overrackv.

Brit.

/əʊvəˈrak/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvə(r)ˈræk/, Scottish English

/ovə(r)ˈrak/

Forms: see over- prefix and rack v.¹; also Scottish (Shetland) 1900s– owerreck.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, rack v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + rack v.¹ Compare slightly earlier overracked adj. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Owerrack records the word as still in use in Shetland in 1964.

Now Shetland.

transitive. To rack to excess; to overstrain. Cf. rack v.¹

ΚΠ

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 199 The Canker of faire Venus sweetest Rose, The Racke that over-racks the over-kinde.

a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) iii. i. 1609 Im'e ouer rackt, with expectation of the euent.

a1669 J. Denham Sophy in Poet. Wks. (1928) iv. 275 You see here's good store of wine, and if it be over-rackt, 'twill come up with lees and all.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram ii. iii, in New Monthly Rev. Aug. 415 You consume too much Of life in thought—you over-rack the nerves.

1897 Shetland News 9 Oct. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 528/2 Doo'll be owerrackin' dysel agen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overrack
释义	overrackv. Brit. /əʊvəˈrak/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈræk/, Scottish English /ovə(r)ˈrak/ Forms: see over- prefix and rack v.¹; also Scottish (Shetland) 1900s– owerreck. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, rack v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + rack v.¹ Compare slightly earlier overracked adj. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Owerrack records the word as still in use in Shetland in 1964. Now Shetland. transitive. To rack to excess; to overstrain. Cf. rack v.¹ ΚΠ 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 199 The Canker of faire Venus sweetest Rose, The Racke that over-racks the over-kinde. a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) iii. i. 1609 Im'e ouer rackt, with expectation of the euent. a1669 J. Denham Sophy in Poet. Wks. (1928) iv. 275 You see here's good store of wine, and if it be over-rackt, 'twill come up with lees and all. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram ii. iii, in New Monthly Rev. Aug. 415 You consume too much Of life in thought—you over-rack the nerves. 1897 Shetland News 9 Oct. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 528/2 Doo'll be owerrackin' dysel agen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1603
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