† overˈwhirl, v. Obs.
[over- 6.]
trans. To whirl or hurl over.
| 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. II. 26/2 Their ship was dasht..against the rocks, and all the passengers over⁓whirled in the sea. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 1094 His wandering Vessell, reeling to and fro, On th' irefull Ocean..With sudden Tempest is not over-whurl'd. |