oversea (overse)

[ Some far-journeyed gentlemen, at their return home, like as they love to go in foreign apparel, so they will powder their talk with oversea language. Sir T. Wilson, Art of Rhetoric, iii. over seam (ō'vér-sēm), n. A seam in which the thread is, at each stitch, pa ed over the edges of the margins sewed together, in such a manner as to bind the edges; an overhand seam. Over seam (ō-ver-sēm), v. i. To do over seaming: same as overcast , 6, and overhand . over seaming (ō'vėr-sē-ming), n. A kind of sewing in which, while the margins of two pieces are seamed together, the thread is also laid IMG:content-2045.png:[blocks in formation] over the edges of the pieces, and drawn down overseer ship (ō-ver-ser's hip), n. in a manner which binds the edges. In over- seaming by hand the needle is pa ed through the ma- terial always from the same side, the thread being laid over the edges at each stitch. In machine over seaming the thread is "looped” over the edges at each stitch. Buttonhole-stitching, where the buttonhole is first cut and then stitched, is a kind of over seaming, though not usually so called. Over seaming is employed in the manu- Life with ease I can disclaim, And think it oversold to purchase fame. He lost the sense that handles daily life,... And sick of home went overseas for change. Piers Plowman (B), v. 378. That he should rule, oversé , and correct the manners and cond i cions of the people. Hall , 1548, Hen. V., f. 1. ( Hall i well .) Thou, Collatine, shalt oversee this will. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1205. IMG:content-2046.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. To pa unheeded; omit; neglect; overlook. Nay, Madam, I advise nothing; I only lay before you, as a Friend, the Inconveniences which perhaps you have Congreve, Way of the World, v. 5. To be overseent. (a) To be deceived, deluded, or mis- taken. They ' re mightily o'erseen in it, methinks. How are poor women overseen! We must Cast away ourselves upon a whining lover, In charity. Shirley, Hyde Park, i. 2. 2. To sell more than can be delivered or more sell a stock. As, however, the ordinary reason for the non-delivery of a stock is that one has not got it to deliver, backward a- IMG:content-2047.png:[blocks in formation] Thy tempest-to ed body. Shak ., R. and J., iii. 5. 137. A small bark of Salem, of about twelve tons, overset in a gust. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 71. 3. To overthrow; subvert; overturn. We might overset the whole power of France. Add is on, Present State of the War. She made no scruple of oversetting all human institu- tions, and scattering them as with a breeze from her fan. Hawthorne, Blithe dale Romance, vi. The usurers and publicans bought in great the emperor's tribute, and, to make their most advantage, did overset the people. Tyndale , Works, II. 71. ( Davies .) II. in trans. To be overturned; be upset. The pilot kept in close by the land, to see if no bight, or inlet, offered to bring up in; but we were going with such violence that I was satisfied we should overset if we attempted this. Bruce , Source of the Nile, I. 216. While kingdoms overset , IMG:content-2048.png:[blocks in formation] The houndes had over shet hym alle. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 383. In the fogge... [he] mi ed the shippe, and ouershot her, and afterwards, returning backe, he found the ship. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 429. But this caused us to overshoot our time, the moon spend- ing so fast. R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 406). And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare, Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his trouble How he outruns the wind. 3. To shoot over or beyond, as a mark. Every inordinate appetite defeats its own satisfaction by overshooting the mark it aims at. Til lots on. There was, however, a kind of wholesale sanctity about the place which overshot the mark. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 188. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; go too far in any course of action; overreach one's self. In finding fault with the lawes, I doubt me, you shall much over - shoote your self . Spenser, State of Ireland. Believe me, you shall not overshoot yourself , to send him that word by me. B. Jonson, Epicœne, iv. 2. My Lord of Rochester overshot himselfe , by the same carriage and stiffne e, which their friends thought they might have well spar'd,... and that it had ben suf- ficient to have declar'd their di ent with le e pa ion. Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 21, 1689. oversew (ō-ver-sō'), v. t. To sew in a manner similar to overcasting, but more closely, so as completely to cover the edge of the material, and with greater care. Dict . of Needlework . overshade (ō-ver-shad'), v. t. To cover with shade; cover with anything that causes darksive. ne ; render dark or gloomy. overshadow (ō-ver-shad'ō), v. t . [ over- shadwen , schatewen , G. überschatten = Goth. ufarska- dwjan ), overshadow, ofer , over, + sceadwian , shadow: see shadow , v.] 1. To throw a shadow over; overshade; shade. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Mat. xvii. 5. Your ladyship will pardon me my fault; If I have over - shot , I'll shoot no more. I am to require you not to have an overshooting expect a- tion of me. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, v. overshot (ō-vėr-shot'), p . a . 1. Exceeded in shooting or in any effort; surpa ed. But are you not ashamed? nay, are you not, All three of you, to be thus much o'ershot ? 2. Having exceeded proper limits in drinking; intoxicated; tipsy. [Colloq.] Death! Colonel, I knew you were overshot . Chapman . Overshot leaves, in bot . , in the Musci , those leaves in which the anterior margin turned toward the vegetative point of the stem stands higher than the posterior one, and thus the anterior margin of every leaf overlaps the IMG:content-2049.png:[blocks in formation] over shadower (ō-ver-shad'ō-ér), n . One who throws a shade over anything. Bacon , To the King, Jan. 2, 1618. Holland , tr. of Pliny's Nat. Hist., xvi. 26. ( Davies .) over shake (ō-ver-shak'), v. t. 11. To shake away; disperse. Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres weders over -shake. 2. To shake exce ively. overs have (ō'vėr-shāv), n. In coopering , same as backing jointer (which see, under jointer1 ). overshine (ō-ver-shin'), v . t. [ oferscinan (= D. overschenen = OHG. uberskinen , MHG. überschinen , G. überscheinen ), shine upon, ofer , over, + scīnan , shine: see shine .] 1. To shine upon; illumine. That we, the sons of brave Plantage net, Each one already blazing by our meeds, Should notwithstanding join our lights together And over - shine the earth as this the world. IMG:content-2050.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small] =Syn. 1. Supervision, inspection, control, direction, man- agement, charge.-2. Inadvertence, etc. (see negligence ), mistake, blunder, slip. over sighted ne (ō'ver-sit-ed-nes), n. Long- sighted ne ; hypermetropia. overs i let, v. t. [ over + sile , var. of ceil : see ceil.] To cover over; conceal. Ere I my malice cloke or over sile , In giving Izac such a counsell vile. Sandys , Travailes, p. 2. oversize2 (ō-vér-sīz'), v . t. [ over + size2 .] To cover with size or viscid matter. [Rare.] O'er-sized with coagulate gore, With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus Old grandsire Priam seeks. Shak . , Hamlet, ii. 2. 484. overskip (ō-vér-skip'), v . t . [ overskip pen ; over + skip .] 1. To skip or leap over; pa over by leaping; hence, to omit. IMG:content-2051.png:[blocks in formation] overslowt (ō-vér-slō'), v . t . To render slow; check; curb. Hammond, Works, IV. 563. oversman (ō'vėrz-man), n .; pl. oversmen (-men). An overseer; a superintendent; specifically, in Scots law , an umpire appointed by a submis- sion to decide where two arbiters have differed in opinion, or named by the arbiters themselves, under powers given them by the submi ion. over snow (ō-ver-snō'), v. t. 1. To cover with IMG:content-2052.png:[blocks in formation] oversoon (ō-ver-sön'), adv . Too soon. over sorrow (ō-ver-sor'ō), v. t. To grieve or af- flict to exce . He. shall restore the much-wronged and over - sor- rowed state of matrimony. over-soul (ō'ver-sol), n. adhyātman, adhi , over, + soul, self: see atmo- .] unity of things; God as the spiritual unity of all being and the source of spiritual illumina- tion: used by Emerson, without precise defini- tion, as a philosophical conception. The only prophet of that which must be is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Over - soul , within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other; that common heart. The over - soul of Emerson is that aspect of Deity which is known to theology as the Holy Spirit. O. W. Holmes, Emerson, p. 411. oversow (ō-ver-sō'), v . t. [ over so wen , ofersāwan (=OS. obharsājan = OHG. ubar- sawen ), oversow, ofer , over, + saw an , sow: see sowl.] 1. To sow over; scatter or sprinkle IMG:content-2053.png:[blocks in formation] Hers they shall be if you refuse the price; What madman would o'erst and his market twice? I would o'erstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak., M. of V. (ed. Knight), ii. 1. 27. overstate (ō-vér-stāt'), v. t. To exaggerate in statement; expre or declare in too strong terms. overstock (ō-ver-stok'), v . t. To stock or sup- ply in exce of what is wanted; fill to over- flowing; glut; crowd: as, to overstock the mar- ket with goods, or a farm with cattle. Some think the fools were most, as times went then, But now the world's o'erstock'd with prudent men. Dryden, The Medal, 1. 102. overstockst (ō'ver-stoks), n. pl . [ over + stocks . Cf. nether -stock.] Knee-breeches. over store (ō-ver-stor'), v. t. To store to exce ; supply in superabundance. I. Walton , Com- plete Angler, p. 148. 2. To sow too much of: as, to oversow one's wheat.-3. To sow too much seed upon: as, injurious efforts. to oversow a lot with rye. over span (ō-ver-span'), v . t . To reach or extend over. over sparred (ō-ver-spärd'), a . Having too large spars, or masts and yards: said of a ve el. over speak (ō-ver-spēk'), v. I. in trans. To speak too much;; use too many words. II.t trans. To expre in too many or too big words: used reflexively. overspent t (ō-ver-spent'), a. Hara ed or fa- tigued to an extreme degree. Thestylis wild thyme and garlic beats For harvest hinds, o'erspent with toil and heats. overs pratt. A Middle English contracted third person singular of overspread . overspread (ō-vér-spred'), v . [ spreden , ofersprædan (= D. overs pre i den = MHG. G. überspreiten ), ofer , over, + spræ- dan , spread: see spread .] I. trans . 1. To spread And after this, These us hath ysent After a beer, and it al overspradde With cloth of gold, the richeste that he hadde. Here wild olive shoots o'erspread the ground, And heaps of berries strew the fields around. II. in trans. To be spread or scattered about. over spring (ō-vér-spring'), v. t. [ over- springen (=D. overspringen = MHG.uberspring- en , G. überspringen ); over + spring .] To over- top; over climb; rise above. That fyve fad me at the leeste it oversprynge The hyeste rokke in Armorik Briteyne. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 332. overstain (ō-ver-stān'), v. t. To stain the sur- face of; besmear. We well could wash our hands; Heaven knows they were besmear'd and overstain'd. Shak ., K. John, iii. 1. 236. overstand (ō-ver-stand'), v. t. To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of. Bp . Hall , Contemplations (ed. Tegg), II. 376. Some wild turn of anger, or a mood Of overstrain'd affection, it may be, To keep me all to your own self. IMG:content-2054.png:[blocks in formation] overstretch (ō-ver-strech'), v. t. To stretch or strain exce ively; overstrain: exaggerate. overstrew (ō-ver-strö'), v. t. [Also over strow, formerly also over straw ; = D. overstrooijen = MLG. overstrouwen = MHG. überstrouwen, G. überstreuen ; as over + strew .] To strew or seat- ter over. See how the bold usurper mounts the seat Of royal majesty; how over strowing Perils with pleasure, pointing ev'ry threat overstride (ō-vér-strīd'), v. To step or stride beyond. Drayton , Legend of Thomas Cromwell. overstrike (ō-vér-strik'), v . t. [=MHG. über- strichen , G. überstreichen ; as over + strike .] To strike with exce ive force; strike beyond. The Forsaken Knight over strake himself so as almost he came down with his own strength. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. over string