1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens sig. I3 What euer grownde is ouerweate Wyth compasse longe of seas abowght, Alcides laboure taemde full well.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry 22 Beware that you deale not with ground ouerwette.

1615 T. Collins Teares of Love 21 That day the earth was all as blacke as Iet, Onely with teares (wherewith 'twas ouer-wet.)

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 58 I am only to caution our labourer,..that he do not stir the ground in over-wet and slabby weather.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sycomore They are also propagated by Roots and Layers in moist Ground, not over-wet or stiff.

1962 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 52 250/1 It places emphasis exclusively on the dry season, and says nothing about periods of over-wet weather.

1993 Canad. Wood Products June 9/2 (advt.) Some in-kiln moisture detectors just leave you stuck..with loads of overwet and overdry lumber.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §669 Another ill accident is, over-wet at sowing time.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 380 Over-closeness of texture, producing over-wetness and infertility.

2001 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 10 Mar. 43 Some plantings..show great potential with a mass of bud clusters. Unfortunately, other beds are struggling due to overwetness.

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. x. 77 They cannot endure Iupiter, for he, when hee thunders, sowres all their wines, and ouer-wets their plants with vnseasonable showers.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 205 When you slack the Lime, you must..not over-wet it.

1950 L. E. Abt & L. Bellak Projective Psychol. ii. 416 The subject's behavior in diluting the colors excessively by overwetting the paper, and his applying of manifold layers of colors.

2002 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 26 Oct. e7 Spray the remaining stain lightly (do not overwet) with some lubricating oil.