Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.

1. To throw a shadow over; to overshade. Milton.
2. 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.

1. To shoot beyond the mark. Tillotson.
2. 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.

1. Superintendence; watchful care. 1 Pet. v.
2. Mistake; an overlooking; omission; error. Pope.

O-VER-SIZE', v.t.

1. To surpass in bulk or size. [Not much used.] Sandys.
2. To cover with viscid matter. Shak.

O-VER-SKIP', v.t.

1. To skip or leap over; to pass by leaping. Hooker.
2. To pass over. Donne.
3. 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'.]

1. To spread over; to cover over. The deluge overspread the earth.
2. To scatter over.