Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To draw over, as a covering.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To draw over, as a covering.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To draw over, as a covering.

Etymologies

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Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere to lead.

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  • Obduce also means to cover or envelop (Oxford English Dictionary).

    August 25, 2011