Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdecking
Literary usage of Overdecking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"... nor does she seek to rival the fair sisterhood of the Acacias in the youthful
vanity of overdecking her person ; one dark-coloured investment lasts her, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"Wasn't it in the Bible that the daughters of Babylon were held to scorn for
overdecking of their persons ? And all the time she was conscious that she and ..."
3. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"... to wit, the overdecking or covering of beere, came to be called berham, and
afterwards barme, having since gotton I wot not how many names besides.t ..."
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