Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-FULL, a.

Too full.

O-VER-GET', v.t.

To reach; to overtake. [Not used.] Sidney.

O-VER-GILD', v.t.

To gild over; to varnish.

O-VER-GIRD', v.t.

To gird or bind too closely. Milton.

O-VER-GLANCE, v.t.

To glance over; to run over with the eye. Shak.

O-VER-GO', v.t.

1. To exceed; to surpass. Sidney.
2. To cover. [Not wed.] Chapman.

O-VER-GONE, pp. overgawn'.

Injured; ruined. Shak.

O-VER-GORGE, v.t. overgorj'.

To gorge to excess. Shak.

O-VER-GRASS-ED, pp.

Overstocked with grass; overgrown with grass. Spenser.

O-VER-GREAT, a.

Too great. Locke.

O-VER-GROW, v.i.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge overgrown ox. L'Estrange.

O-VER-GROW, v.t.

1. To cover with growth or herbage. Spenser.
2. To grow beyond; to rise above. Mortimer.

O-VER-GROWN, pp.

1. Covered with herbage; risen above.
2. Grown beyond the natural size.

O-VER-GROWTH, n.

Exuberant or excessive growth. Bacon.

O-VER-HALE,

See OVERHAUL.

O-VER-HAND'LE, v.t.

To handle too much; to mention too often. Shak.

O-VER-HANG', v.

To jut over. Milton.

O-VER-HANG', v.t.

1. To impend or hang over.
2. To jut or project over. Milton.

O-VER-HANG'ING, a.

Hanging over or above.

O-VER-HARD-EN, v.t.

To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.

O-VER-HASTE, n.

Too great baste.

O-VER-HAS-TI-LY, adv.

In too much haste. Hales.

O-VER-HAST-I-NESS, n.

Too much haste; precipitation. Reresby.

O-VER-HAST-Y, a.

Too hasty; precipitate. Hammond.

O-VER-HAUL', v.t.

1. To spread over. Spenser.
2. To turn over for examination; to separate and inspect.
3. To draw over.
4. To examine again.
5. To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.