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overwry
† 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 s... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. wry, n. (raɪ) Also 5–6 wrye. [f. wry v.2 or a.] † 1. on wry or upon wry, = awry adv. Sc. Obs.1375 Barbour Bruce iv. 705 Thair bemys strekit air, Owthir all evin, or on wry. 1423 Jas. I Kingis Q. lxxiii, To the colde stone my hede on wrye I laid. 1508 Dunbar Flyting 175 (Maitland Fol. MS.), With... Oxford English Dictionary
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