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overstrew

verb

Etymology

From over- + strew.

  1. derived from *strew-✻
  2. inherited from *strawjaną✻
  3. inherited from *strauwjan✻
  4. inherited from strewian
  5. inherited from strewen
  6. prefixed as overstrew — “over + strew”

Definitions

  1. To strew or scatter over.

    • Hot ordnance split and shiver and rebound, And firelocks fouled and flintless overstrew the ground.

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