Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word o're.

Examples

  • Yea dry'd him o're a fire hot, the more to work their will.

    John Barleycorn Carla 2008

  • Ah! poor maidens, luckless brides, come weep, for Ilium is now but a ruin; and I, like some mother-bird that o're her fledglings screams, will begin the strain; how different from that song I sang to the gods in days long past, as I leaned on Priam's staff, and beat with my foot in Phrygian time to lead the dance!

    The Trojan Women 2008

  • Ah! poor maidens, luckless brides, come weep, for Ilium is now but a ruin; and I, like some mother-bird that o're her fledglings screams, will begin the strain; how different from that song I sang to the gods in days long past, as I leaned on Priam's staff, and beat with my foot in Phrygian time to lead the dance!

    The Trojan Women 2008

  • Yea dry'd him o're a fire hot, the more to work their will.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Carla 2008

  • She'll be flyin 'o're my home in about three hours time.

    Early Mornin' Rain Gordon Lightfoot 1965

  • No Wounds, for all o're his Trappings so sumptuous

    Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry Edmund Goldsmid

  • Her hair spread all o're her shoulders, and seem'd in easie curls to wanton in the air.

    The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • _ Strange! sure thou art all o're a Mystery, and form'st these

    The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold Joseph Harris

  • Whose Faith stands o're him for a Hearse, and hath

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

  • Are smaller _splints_: his _ribs_ are _laths_ daub'd o're

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.