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[ Hear haued moyses ouer - gon . Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1903. For tyme mispent and ouergone Cannot be calde agayne. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 90. How many weary steps, Of many weary miles you have o'ergone , Are number'd in the travel of one mile? overgartt, n. [See over gart , a.] Pride; pre- sumption. Seinte Marherete (ed. Cockayne), 2t. To cover. p. 16. overgatet, adv. [ME., Hast thow I-coueted ouer gate Worldes worschype or any a-state? J. Myrc, Instructions for Parish Priests (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1307. over-gaze (ō-ver-gāz'), v. i. 1t. To look too long, so as to become dazzled. Oh that Wit were not amazed At the wonder of his senses, Or his eyes not over gazed In Minerva's excellences. Breton, Mel ancho like Humours, p. 13. 2. To gaze or look over. His altar the high places and the peak Of earth's o'er - gazing mountains. Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 91. overgett (ō-ver-get'), v. t. [ ; get1 .] 1. To reach; overtake. Thei slough and maymed alle that the i myght ouer - gate , so that er the vanguarde com of thre thousande ther a scaped not xl. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 276. With six hours' hard riding, through so wild places as it was rather the cunning of my horse sometimes than of myself so rightly to hit the way, I overgot them a little before night. Sir P. Sidney. 2. To get over. Davies. [Rare.] Edith cannot sleep, and till she overgets this she cannot Southey, Letters (1803), I. 230. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. 196. IMG:content-2023.png:[blocks in formation] Sad-hearted men, much overgone with care, Here sits a king more woful than you are. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 5. 123. 51. To surmount; get the better of. His evil sort was ouer - gon . Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1186. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 40. With ziftis men may wommen ouer goon . II. in trans. 1. To go by; pa over; pa disappear. away; The newe love, labour, or other wo, Or elles selde seynge of a wight Don olde affeccions alle overgo . Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 424. be better. overgild (o-ver-gild'), v. t. [ over gilden , 2. To go to exce ; be extravagant. ofergyldan , ofer , over, + gyldan , gild: see gild1 .] To cover with gilding: as, to over- gild the carving of a piece of furniture. Is he not monstrously overgone in frenzy? Ford, Lover's Melancholy, iv. 2. James 1., quoted in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 17. overgird (ō-ver-gėrd'), v. t. To gird or bind 2. Fond to exce ; doting. Lament not, Eve,. nor set thy heart, Thus over-fond, on that which is not thine. Milton , P. L., xi. 289. overfondly (ō-ver-fond'li), adv . In an overfond manner; with exce ive fondne . over-force (ō'ver-förs), n . Exce ive force or violence. [Rare.] Then Jason; and his javelin seem'd to take, But fail'd with over - force , and whizz'd above his back. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., viii. over-forward (ō-vér-fôr'wärd), a . Exce ively forward. over-forwardne (ō-vér-fôr'wärd-nes), n. The too closely. When the gentle west winds shall open the fruitful bosom of the Earth, thus over - girded by your imprisonment. Milton, Church-Government, ii. overgive (ō-ver-giv'), v. [= D. MLG. over geven = G. übergeben = Sw. öfvergifva = Dan. overgive; as over + give1.] I. trans. To give over or surrender. By devilish policy art thou grown great And, like ambitious Sylla, overgorged With gobbets of thy mother's bleeding heart. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 1. 84. over grace (ō-vėr-grās'), v . t . To honor unduly, exce ively, or above measure. That you think to over grace me with The marriage of your sister, troubles me. II. in trans. To surpa in giving. So doth God love a good choice that He recompenses it with overgiving . Bp . Hall , Contemplations (ed. Tegg, 1836), III. 31. run over with eye. [Rare.] ine ; officiousne . Sir M. Hale . ed. It is usually done in water-color. See top graining. overgrainer (ō-vér-grāʼnėr), n. A special kind of flat bristle brush, thin and with long bristles, overgra t, v. t. cover with gra . ne or readine ; officiou overfreight (ō-ver-frat'), v. v.t. To load or freight t too heavily; overload. Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. 210. A boat ouerfraighted with people, in rowing down the riuer, was, by the extreme weather, sunk. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, p. 108. I will overglance the superscript. Shak ., L. L. L., iv. 2. 135. overglaze (ō-vér-glāz'), v . t. To glaze over; cover with superficial brilliancy; hide (an inferior material) with something more showy. The saddler he stuffes his pannels with straw or hay, and overglaseth them with haire. Greene, Quip for an Upstart Courtier. For they bene like foule wagmoires overgrast . Spenser , Shep. Cal., September. overgreat (ō-ver-grāt'), a . [ over greet (= D. overgroot = MLG. over grot = G. übergro ) ; over + great .] Too great. For whan a man hath over - greet a wit, Ful ofte him happeth to misusen it. Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 95. The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; Their over - greedy love hath surfeited. Yf that thi land with hem be overgrowe , Devide it thus. much; discu too often. Your idle over - handled theme. him); hear by accident or stratagem. You may look pale, but I should blush, I know, To be o'erheard , and taken napping so. Shak ., L. L. LL., iv. 3. 130. Look o'er thy head, Maximian; Look to thy terrour, what over - hangs thee. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete (ed. 1778), v. 1. Aide me, ye forests, in your closest bowers,... Where bordering hazel overhangs the streams. He was persuaded that immediate and extreme danger overhung the life of the nation. Bancroft, Hist. Const., I. 109. There is a path along the cliffs overhanging the sea. The gray-blue eyes, I see them still, The gallant front with brown o'erhung . I stole into a neighbour thicket by, And overheard what you shall overhear . overheat (ō-ver-hēt'), v. t. To heat to exce . overheat (ō'ver-hēt), n. 1. Exce ive heat. -2. Sunstroke. Alien . and Neurol ., IX. 509. overheating-pipe (ō-ver-he'ting-pīp), n. steam-engine, a pipe through which steam is made to pa in order that it may be super- heated. E. H. Knight. over he a vet (ō-ver-hev'), v. i. [ ben , oferhebban , pa by, omit, ofer , over, + hebban , heave, raise: see heave .] To over- To him the upholsterer is no Pontiff, neither is any Drawing-room a Temple, were it never so begilt and over- Carlyle. Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 32. 2. To grow beyond; rise above; grow too big for; outgrow. This was a wondir world ho so well lokyd, That gromes ouere - grewe so many grette maistris. Richard the Redele , iii. 344. If the binds be very strong, and much over - grow the poles, some advise to strike off their heads with a long switch . Mortimer, Husbandry. 31. To overcome; weigh down; oppre . Cure my cattle when they're overgrown with labour. Čibber, Love Makes the Man, i. And no we the frosty Night Her mantle black through heaven gan overhaile . Spenser , Shep. Cal., January. IMG:content-2024.png:[blocks in formation] overhandt (ō'ver-hand), n. [ overhand = MLG. over hant = MHG. über- hant , G. oberhand =Sw. öfverhand = Dan, over- haand ; as over + hand .] The upper hand; su- periority; supremacy. And trust suerly, ye shall wele vnderstonde, That we shall haue of them the ouer hande. IMG:content-2025.png:[blocks in formation] The sea-beat overhanging rock. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, I. 173. overhang (ō'ver-hang), n. [ overhang , v.] A hold or estimate at too dear a rate. projecting part; also, the extent to which some part projects: as, the overhang of the ship's stern is 20 feet. The under side of the overhang near the stern is cut out in the middle, forming a cavity needed to give free sweep to the propeller-blades. The Century , XXXI. 293. overhardyt (ō-ver-här'di), a. Exce ively or unduly hardy, daring, or confident; foolhardy. Gas coigne . overhaste (ō'ver-hāst), n. Too great haste. overhastily (ō-ver-hās'ti-li), adv . In an over- hasty manner; with too much haste. Excepting myself and two or three more that mean not overhastily to marry. Hales , To Sir D. Car let on. ( Latham .) overhastine (ō-ver-hās'ti-nes), n. The state of being overhasty; too much haste; precipita- tion. Sir J. Reresby . overhasty (ō-ver-has'ti), a. Too hasty; rash; precipitate. overhaul (ō-ver-hal'), v . t. [ over + haul . Cf. overhale.] 1. To turn over for examination; examine thoroughly with a view to repairs. During our watches below we overhauled our clothes, R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 331. 2. To reëxamine, as accounts.-3. To gain upon; make up with; overtake. - To overhaul a rope, to clear or disentangle a rope; pull a part of it through a block so as to make it slack. - To overhaul a ship. Naut .: (a) To come up with or gain ground upon a ship. (b) To search a ship for contraband goods. -Το overhaul a tackle ( naut . ), to open and extend the sev- eral parts of a tackle so as to separate the blocks, in order that they may be again placed in a condition for use. overhaul (over-hal), n . [ overhaul , v.] Ex- am in at i on; inspection; repair. overhauling (o-ver-ha'ling), n. [Verbal n. of overhaul, v.] Same as overhaul . overhead (ō'ver-hed'), adv . 1. Aloft; above; in the zenith; in the ceiling or story above. The sail Flapped o'erhead as the wind did fail Fitful that eve. Situated above or aloft. - Overhead crane. See crane. Overhead gear. See gear . Overhead mo- tion or work. See motion . - Overhead rein. See rein . Overhead seam, the seam of a sack by which its mouth is closed after it is filled. - Overhead steam-engine, an engine in which the cylinder is above the crank, the thrust- motion being downward. over he alt (ō-ver-hel'), v. t. [ overhilen ; over + heal2 .] To cover over. In a shadow of shene tres & of shyre floures, Quer hild for the hete hengyng with leues. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2374. overhear (ō-vér-her'), v . t. [ over he ren , oferhŷran , oferhiran , oferhiéran , overhear, also disobey (=OS. obharhörjan = D. overhooren = MHG. G. überhören = Dan. overhöre ), ofer , over, + hyran , hear: see hear . ] 1. To hear (one who does not wish to be heard or does not know that he is heard, or what is not addre ed to IMG:content-2026.png:[blocks in formation] overi ue (ō-ver-ish'ö), v. t. To i ue in exce , as bank-notes or bills of exchange beyond the number or amount authorized by law or war- ranted by the capital stock; more loosely, to i ue in exce of the wants of the public or the ability of the i uer to pay; i ue contrary to law, prudence, or honesty. overi ue (ō'vér-ish"ö), n. An exce ive i ue; an i ue in exce of the conditions which should regulate or control it. See the verb. Bid him shed tears, as being overjoy'd To see her noble lord restored to health. Well, thou art e'en the best man- I can say no more, I am so overjoy'd . overjoy (ō'ver-joi), n. Joy to exce ; trans- port. To salute my king With ruder terms, such as my wit affords And over - joy of heart doth minister. The clansmen owed fealty only to their chiefs, who in turn owed a kind of conditional allegiance to the over king , depending a good deal upon the ability of the latter to enforce it. Encyc . Brit ., ΧΙΙΙ. 251. over knowing (ō-ver-no ing), a . Too knowing or cunning: used disparagingly. The understanding over knowing , misknowing, di embling. Bp. Hall , Great Impostor.