overstrew

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ strew.

Verb

overstrew (third-person singular simple present overstrews, present participle overstrewing, simple past overstrewed, past participle overstrewn)

1. To strew or scatter over.
   • 1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part III, Act III, Scene III, page 108:

     Hot ordnance split and shiver and rebound,
     And firelocks fouled and flintless overstrew the ground.

References

• “overstrew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• overwrest