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Definition of Overbaked
1. overbake [v] - See also: overbake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbaked
Literary usage of Overbaked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Industrial and Artistic Technology of Paint and Varnish by Alvah Horton Sabin (1904)
"Coating overbaked, cracked at corners by the wooden framework, and the sea- water
made ... Coating overbaked and brittle; badly blistered along the edges. ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1881)
"And, after this, the heat and glare make further observation impossible ; while
presently, out of the glare, rises a white blinding city, with an overbaked ..."
3. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1891)
"... of the British Museum, writes me: " It is covered with a brownish black varnish
of rather dull surface, which tends to bright red when overbaked. ..."
4. The Western World; Or, Travels in the United States in 1846-47: Exhibiting by Alexander Mackay (1849)
"... that the best bird's-eye view of Philadelphia is obtained, lying, as it does
on a hot July day, like a great flat overbaked brick-field below you. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"... he hauled the pudding up, when it was found to be well cooked, and was eaten
with relish, its only fault being that it was somewhat overbaked. ..."
6. Works by James Fenimore Cooper (1892)
"But o' Heaven's sake ! let us get through with our penmanship, for I hear there
are symptoms that the meats are likely to be overbaked. ..."
7. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
"And when they came out of the oven, they were that overbaked the crusts were too
hard to eat. So she says to her daughter : " Darter," says she, ..."
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