Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-SHADE' – O-VER-SPREAD'
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O-VER-SHADE', v.t.
To cover with shade; to cover with any thing that causes darkness; to render dark or gloomy. Bacon. Dryden.
O-VER-SHAD'OW, v.t.
- To throw a shadow over; to overshade. Milton.
- To shelter; to protect; to cover with protecting influence. Milton.
O-VER-SHAD'OW-ED, pp.
Overshaded; sheltered; protected.
O-VER-SHAD'OW-ER, n.
One that throws a shade over any thing. Bacon.
O-VER-SHAD'OW-ING, ppr.
Throwing a shade over; protecting.
O-VER-SHOOT', v.i.
To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
O-VER-SHOOT', v.t.
- To shoot beyond the mark. Tillotson.
- To pass swiftly over. Harte. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much. Hooker.
O'VER-SHOT, a.
An overshot wheel is one that receives the water shot over the top, on the descent. An overshot wheel is moved by less water than an undershot wheel.
O-VER-SHOT', pp.
Shot beyond.
O'VER-SIGHT, n.
- Superintendence; watchful care. 1 Pet. v.
- Mistake; an overlooking; omission; error. Pope.
O-VER-SIZE', v.t.
- To surpass in bulk or size. [Not much used.] Sandys.
- To cover with viscid matter. Shak.
O-VER-SKIP', v.t.
- To skip or leap over; to pass by leaping. Hooker.
- To pass over. Donne.
- To escape. Shak.
O-VER-SLEEP', v.t.
To sleep too long; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.
O-VER-SLEPT', pp.
Slept too long.
O-VER-SLIP', v.t.
To slip or pass without notice; to pass undone, unnoticed or unused; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity. Hammond.
O-VER-SLOW', v.t.
To render slow; to check; to curb. [Not used.] Hammond.
O-VER-SNOW', v.t.
To cover with snow. [Not much used.] Dryden.
O-VER-SOLD', pp.
Sold at too high a price. Dryden.
O-VER-SOON', adv.
Too soon. Sidney.
O-VER-SOR'ROW, v.t.
To grieve or afflict to excess. Milton.
O-VER-SPAN', v.t.
To reach or extend over.
O-VER-SPEAK', v.t.
To speak too much; to use too many words. Hales.
O-VER-SPENT', pp. [See Spend.]
Harassed or fatigued to an extreme degree. Dryden.
O-VER-SPREAD', v.i. [overspred'.]
To be spread or scattered over.
O-VER-SPREAD', v.t. [overspred'.]
- To spread over; to cover over. The deluge overspread the earth.
- To scatter over.