1842 ‘J. Cypress, Jr.’ I. 198 The sides keeping you unwet by the surrounding and over-floating tide, which gurgles around your ears, and just does not come in.
1993 Jan. 61/1 The view is of the squat, opaque Halle with the south-facing front of the Art Museum opening on to the interstitial gap between the two buildings, with glass, columns and an overfloating canopy.