† overˈwry, v. Obs.
[OE. oferwréon (:—-wr{iacu}han): see over- 8 and wry v.]
trans. To cover over; to overspread, conceal, clothe.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter xxxi[i]. 5 Unrehtwisnisse mine ic ne oferwrah [L. operui]. Ibid. ciii[i]. 9 Ne bioð forcerde oferwrean eorðan. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. vi. 29 Furðon salomon on eallum hys wuldre næs ofer-wriᵹen swa swa an of ðyson. c 1320 Cast. Love 716 Þe þridde heuȝ an ouemast Ouer-wriȝeþ al. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 260 And smale yf seedis be, sprynge hem in lond, And ouerwrie hem after with a rake. |