Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcraw
Literary usage of Overcraw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"To overcraw, v. Licentiously used, for the sake of rhyme, ... Then gan the villein
him to overcraw, And brought unto him swords, rones, poison, fire. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... we are to imagine Mephisto- philis or the Evil Angel acting similarly with
the Doctor, and with the same motive :— Then gan the Villein him to overcraw. ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Then gan the villein him to overcraw, And brought unto him swords, ropes, poison,
fire, And all that might him to perdition draw; And bad him choose, ..."
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