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† overˈdrip, v. Obs.
Also 6 -dreep(e.
[f. over- 1 + drip v.: cf. overdrop v.]
trans. To drip over; to overhang, overshadow; also fig.
1587Golding De Mornay xi. 157 When thou seest it [the Sea] ouerdreepe the earth, and threaten it with drowning. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse I ij, The aspiring nettles with their shadie tops shall no longer ouer-dreep the best hearbs, or keep them from..the sunne. 1601Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. lii. (1631) 332 These.. plants, that grow in the shadow,..since greatnesse cannot so overdrip them. a1659Bp. Brownrig Serm. (1674) I. ii. 25 They may sometimes over-drip us, but they are a shelter to us. 1897F. Thompson New Poems 176 Shake the lilies till their scent Over-drip their rims. 1898A. S. Way tr. Tragedies of Euripides III. 198 ‘The altar, overdripped with Hellene blood?’..‘Blood-russet are its rims in any wise.’ |