outspread
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Outspread, owt-spred′, v.t. to spread out or over.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Far as her straining eyes could see, The seething, swoolen Tombigbee Outspread his turbulent yellow tide; His angry currents swirled and surged O’er leagues of fertile lands submerged, And ruined hamlets, far and wide.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Soft fell the rains, the suns shone bright, The long days melted into night, And beautiful, on either hand, Outspread the shining summer land, And all his neighbor’s fields were white.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Outspread in yellow sands, blue sea and air, Green growing corn, and scarlet poppies there;— Regent of colours, thou, the undefiled!
From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by MacDonald, George
The seamen stared at him, Each with a hand upon the red-lined chart Outspread before them.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred
