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Definition of Overblew
1. overblow [v] - See also: overblow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overblew
Literary usage of Overblew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"On the occasion of the king's marriage, Gibbons was playing before the court,
when Froberger overblew the bellows, and drew down upon him the rage of his ..."
2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1848)
"... then the wind so overblew at northwest, that they were put by the mouth of
the harbor, driven from their anchor, and at last forced ashore at Cape Cod, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"12) was a stop which in the upper part ' overblew,' or sounded iu octave, as in
the real flute, and was therefore composed of pipes of double length, ..."
4. A General History of New England, from the Discovery to MDCLXXX. by William Hubbard (1848)
"... entering into Plymouth harbor: but then the wind so overblew at northwest,
that they were put by the mouth of the harbor, driven from their anchor, ..."
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