Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-HAUL'ED, pp.

1. Turned over for examination.
2. 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.

1. To harass with toil. Dryden.
2. 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.

1. To exaggerate. [Little used.] Barrow.
2. To proceed to excess. [Little used.] Boyle.

O-VER-LASH'ING-LY, adv.

With exaggeration.

O-VER-LAVISH,

a: Lavish to excess.

O-VER-LAY, v.t.

1. 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.
2. To cover or spread over the surface; as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver; cedar overlaid with gold.
3. To smother with close covering; as, to overlay an infant. Milton.
4. To overwhelm; to smother. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden.
5. To cloud; to overcast. As when a cloud his beam doth overlay. Spenser.
6. 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.