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Definition of Overstrew
1. v. t. To strew or scatter over.
Definition of Overstrew
1. Verb. To strew or scatter over. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overstrew
1. [v -STREWED, -STREWN, -STREWING, -STREWS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstrew
Literary usage of Overstrew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1894)
"This is the home of the vitrified and crystalline bowlders which overstrew the
surface. There are fifty thousand feet of later strata resting above these ..."
2. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"This is the home of the vitrified and crystalline bowlders which overstrew the
surface. There are fifty thousand feet of later strata resting above these ..."
3. Geological Studies by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"They overstrew the drift-covered surfaces. The deepest rocks are also very
extensively the surface rocks. With the progress of time, the conditions of rock ..."
4. Evangelical Christendom by Evangelical Alliance (1849)
"... for it is to be feared that soon the influence of the Jesuitical Austrian
party will again overstrew it with the most poisonous weeds ; therefore, ..."