Search the Dictionary

To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] W. Browne.

To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank. The green . . . is rough and overgrown. Sir W. Scott.

Excessive growth.

The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] Bible (1551).

To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.

See Overstrew.

To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.

To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.] Wyclif

a paragraph mark, . [Obs.] Tusser.

Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.

the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton.

avery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak.

er, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. Sir P. Sidney.

One that prowls. Thomson.

Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey. "A prowling wolf." Milton. -- Prowl"ing*ly, adv.

To grow again. The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] A. B. Buckley.

The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley.

A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.

To whisper. [obs.] Gower. Another rouned to his fellow low. Chaucer.

See Hooded crow, under Hooded.