† overclose, v. Obs.
(-ˈkləʊz)
[f. over- 8 + close v.]
trans. To cover over or shut in so as to hide; to cover up.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 140 Þe cause of þis eclipse þat ouer-closeþ [MS. I (c 1400) ouercloþeth] now þe sonne. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 24 The night doth folowe,..Whan Western wawis his stremys overclose. |