v. Obs. [f. SUR- + CLOY v., after surfeit.] trans. To cloy excessively, surfeit.
1594. Kyd, Cornelia, I. 216. For faire Corne-ground are our fields surcloid With worthles Gorse. Ibid., V. 176. Streames of blood like Riuers fill the downes; That being infected with the stench thereof Surcloyes the ground.
1606. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. Magnificence, 490. With surfeit and with sleep surcloyd. Ibid. (a. 1618), Quadrains of Pibrac, lxii. A greedy Eater … Who so surcloyes his stomach with his Cates, That [etc.].
c. 1620. Z. Boyd, Zion’s Flowers (1855), 47. His stomach he surcloyeth not with food.
