Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-HAUL'ED – O-VER-LEAP
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O-VER-HAUL'ED, pp.
- Turned over for examination.
- Overtaken in a chase.
O-VER-HEAD, adv. overhed'.
Aloft; above; in the zenith or ceiling. Milton. Addison.
O-VER-HEAR, v.t.
To hear by accident; to hear what is not addressed to the hearer, or not intended to be heard by him. Wotton. Milton.
O-VER-HEARD, pp.
Heard by accident.
O-VER-HEAT-ED, pp.
Heated to excess.
O-VER-HELE, v.t.
To cover over. [Not used] B. Jonson.
O-VER-HEND', v.t.
To overtake. [Not used.] Spenser.
O-VER-IS'SUE, n.
An issuing to excess; as, the overissues of bank notes, an issuing notes beyond the capital stock, or beyond the public wants. Boston Resolutions.
O-VER-JOY', n.
Joy to excess; transport.
O-VER-JOY', v.t.
To give great joy to; to transport with gladness. Taylor.
O-VER-JOYED, pp.
Transported with gladness.
O-VER-LA'BOR, v.t.
- To harass with toil. Dryden.
- To execute with too much care.
O-VER-LA'BOR-ED, a.
Labored to excess. Scott.
O-VER-LADE, v.t.
To load with too great a cargo or other burden.
O-VER-LAD-EN, pp.
Overburdened; loaded to excess.
O-VER-LAID, pp. [See Overlay.]
Oppressed with weight; smothered; covered over.
O-VER-LAND, a.
Passing by land; as, an overland journey.
O-VER-LARGE, a.
Too large; too great. Collier.
O-VER-LARGE-NESS, n.
Excess of size.
O-VER-LASH', v.i.
- To exaggerate. [Little used.] Barrow.
- To proceed to excess. [Little used.] Boyle.
O-VER-LASH'ING-LY, adv.
With exaggeration.
a: Lavish to excess.
O-VER-LAY, v.t.
- To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; as, a country overlaid with inhabitants. Ralegh. Onr sins have overlaid our hopes. K. Charles.
- To cover or spread over the surface; as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver; cedar overlaid with gold.
- To smother with close covering; as, to overlay an infant. Milton.
- To overwhelm; to smother. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden.
- To cloud; to overcast. As when a cloud his beam doth overlay. Spenser.
- To cover; to join two opposite sides by a cover. And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. Milton.
O-VER-LAY-ING, n.
A superficial covering. Exod. xxxviii.
O-VER-LEAP, v.t.
To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping; as, to overleap a ditch or a fence. Dryden.