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Definition of Overrake
1. v. t. To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.
Definition of Overrake
1. Verb. (transitive) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overrake
1. to sweep over [v OVERRAKED, OVERRAKING, OVERRAKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overrake
Literary usage of Overrake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New-England's Memorial by Nathaniel Morton, William Bradford, Thomas Prince, Edward Winslow (1855)
"... to prevent his washing overboard, and the seas did so overrake them, as that
many times those upon the deck knew not whether they were within board or ..."
2. Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646 by William Bradford (1908)
"... was faine to be bound fast for washing away; the seas did so overrake them,
as many times those upon the decke knew not whether they were within bord or ..."
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