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Webster 1913 Edition
Overdry
Oˊver-dry′
,Verb.
T.
To dry too much.
Burton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overdry
OVERDRY'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
overdry
overdry
English
Verb
overdry (third-person singular simple present overdries, present participle overdrying, simple past and past participle overdried)
- To dry too much.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.2.i:
- Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.2.i: