† overˈdrip, v. Obs.
Also 6 -dreep(e.
[f. over- 1 + drip v.: cf. overdrop v.]
trans. To drip over; to overhang, overshadow; also fig.
| 1587 Golding De Mornay xi. 157 When thou seest it [the Sea] ouerdreepe the earth, and threaten it with drowning. 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse I ij, The aspiring nettles with their shadie tops shall no longer ouer-dreep the best hearbs, or keep them from..the sunne. 1601 Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. lii. (1631) 332 These.. plants, that grow in the shadow,..since greatnesse cannot so overdrip them. a 1659 Bp. Brownrig Serm. (1674) I. ii. 25 They may sometimes over-drip us, but they are a shelter to us. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 176 Shake the lilies till their scent Over-drip their rims. 1898 A. S. Way tr. Tragedies of Euripides III. 198 ‘The altar, overdripped with Hellene blood?’..‘Blood-russet are its rims in any wise.’ |