Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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-LAV'ISH, 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. Our 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.

O-VER-LEAP'ED, pp.

Leaped over; passed by leaping.

O'VER-LEATH-ER, or O'VER-LETH-ER, n.

The leather which forms or is intended to form the upper part of a shoe; that which is over the foot. [With us, this is called upper leather.] Shak.

O-VER-LEAV'EN, v.t. [overlev'n.]

1. To leaven too much; to cause to rise and swell too much. B. Jonson.
2. To mix too much with; to corrupt. Shak.

O-VER-LIB'ER-AL, a.

Too liberal; too free; abundant to excess; as, overliberal diet. Bacon.

O-VER-LIE', v.t.

To lie over or upon something. Mantell.

O-VER-LIGHT', n.

Too strong a light. Bacon.

O-VER-LIVE', v.t.¹ [overlive'.]

To outlive; to live longer than another; to survive. [We generally use outlive.] Sidney.

O-VER-LIVE', v.t.² [overliv'.]

To live too long. Milton.

O-VER-LIV'ER, n.

One that lives longest; a survivor.

O-VER-LOAD', v.t.

To load with too heavy a burden or cargo; to fill to excess; as, to overload the stomach or a vehicle.

O-VER-LOAD'ED, pp.

Loaded too heavily; filled to excess.

O-VER-LOAD'ING, ppr.

Putting on too heavy a burden; filling to excess.

O-VER-LONG', a.

Too long. Boyle.

O-VER-LOOK', v.t.

1. To view from a higher place; applied to persons; as, to stand on a hill and overlook a city.
2. To stand in a more elevated place, or to rise so high as to afford the means of looking down on; applied to things. The tower overlooked the town.
3. To see from behind or over the shoulder of another; to see from a higher position; as, to overlook a paper when one is writing. Dryden.
4. To view fully; to peruse. Shak.
5. To inspect; to superintend; to oversee; implying care and watchfulness. He was present in person to overlook the magistrates. Spenser.
6. To review; to examine a second time or with care. The time and care that are required / To overlook, and file and polish well. Roscommon.
7. To pass by indulgently; to excuse; not to punish or censure; as, to overlook faults. Addison.
8. To neglect; to slight. They overlook truth in the judgment they pass on adversity and prosperity. Atterbury.

O-VER-LOOK'ED, pp.

Viewed from a higher place; seen from over the shoulder; passed by indulgently; neglected; slighted.

O-VER-LOOK'ER, n.

One that overlooks.

O'VER-LOOP, v. [Now written Orlop, – which see.]

O-VER-LOVE', v.t.

To love to excess; to prize or value too much. Hall.

O'VER-LY, a. [Sax. oferlice.]

Careless; negligent; inattentive. [Not used.] Hall.