overfill (overfil)

t. [ over-fired (ō-ver-fird'), a. In ceram., exposed to too great a heat in firing. Such exposure re undate. The town is fill'd with slaughter, and o'er floats With a red deluge their increasing moats. Dryden, Æneid, x. overflood (ō-ver-fiud'), v. t. [= D. overvloeden = MLG. overvlodigen = Sw. öfverflöda = Dan. overflyde; as over + flood .] To flood over; fill to overflowing. The morning pulsing full with life, O'erflooded with the varied songs of birds. Hebrew Leader, Jan. 25, 1889. overflourish (ō-ver-flur'ish), v. t. 1. To make exce ive display or flourish of. Collier .-2. To flourish or adorn superficially. Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil Are empty trunks o'erflourish'd by the devil. Shak ., T. N., iii. 4. 404. 3. To exaggerate. Davies. I cannot think that the fondest imagination can over flourish, or even paint to the life, the happine of those who never check nature. Gentleman Instructed , p. 279. (Davies.) overflow (ō-ver-flō'), v. [ overflowen , of erf low an (=OHG. ubarfliozan , MHG. über fliezen , G. überflie en ), ofer , over, + flow an, flow: see flow1.] I. trans. 1. To flow or spread over; inundate; cover with water or other liquid; flood. The bankes are overflowne when stopped is the flood. Spenser, F. Q., IL. iv. 11. Whose foundation was overflown with a flood. Job xxii. 16. Another Time there fell so much Rain that Holland and Holder ne in Lincoln shire were overflowed and drowned. Baker , Chronicles, p. 90. When heavy, dark, continued a'-day rains Wi' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains. Burns , Brigs of Ayr. 2. To fill and run over the edge or brim of... overflows the pails. me. New milk that Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, ii. 27. 3. To deluge; overwhelm; cover; overrun. I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow Ps. lxix. 2. Monsieur Cobweb,... have a care the honey-bag break not; I would be loath to have you overflown with a honeybag, signior. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. 17. 4t. To overcome with drink; intoxicate. Sure I was overflown when I spoke it, I could ne'er ha' said it else. Middle ton, The Phenix, iv. 2. II. in trans. 1. To flow over; swell and run over the brim or banks. He shall pa through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck. Isa, viii. 8. Then fill up a bumper an' make it o'erflow . Burns , Cure for All Care. 2. To be so full that the contents run over the brim; be more than full. The floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall over flow with wine and oil. Joel ii. 24. When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow ? Shak ., Tit. And., iii. 1. 222. As I am a great lover of mankind, my heart naturally overflows with pleasure at the sight of a prosperous and happy multitude. Add is on, The Royal Exchange. overflow (ō'vér-flō), n. [ overflow , v.] 1. A flowing over; an inundation. Like a wild overflow , that swoops before him A golden stack, and with it shakes down bridges, Beau. and Fl., Phil aster, v. 8. After every overflow of the Nile there was not always a mensuration. Arbuthnot , Ancient Coins. 2. The exce that flows over; hence, superabundance; exuberance. Leon. Did he break out into tears? Me . In great measure. Leon. A kind overflow of kindne . Shak., Much Ado, i. 1. 96. It is not to be wondered that St. Paul's epistles have, with many, pa ed for disjointed pious discourses, full of warmth and zeal and overflows of light. Locke . 3. Specifically, that form or style of verse in which the sense may flow on through more than a couple of lines, and does not nece arily terminate with the line. overflow The principle of the structure of the romantic poetry was overflow ; that of the cla ical poetry was distich. In thirty-two lines [of Waller's "To the King"] we find but one overflow. E. Go e, From Shakespeare to Pope, p. 47. 4. Same as overflow - basin. 4199 over-friezet (ō-vér-frēz'), v. t. To cover over or overlay with or as with a frieze. On their heddes were bonnettes all opened at the iiii. quarters, ouerfrysed with flat gold of damaske. Hall , Hen. VIII., an. 2. overflow-basin (ō'vér-flō-bā"sn), n. A basin having a pipe that carries off fluid when it rises over-fruitful (o-ver-fröt'fül), a. Fruitful to ex to a certain level in the basin, so that it may not run over the brim.