overlaying (overlaing)

[Verbal n. of overlay, v.] 1. A superficial covering. The sockets for the pillars were of bra ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver. Ex. xxxviii. 17. 2. In printing, the act or art of using overlays. overleadt (ō-ver-led'), v. t. [ oppre . A milksope or a coward ape That wol been overlad with every wight. Chaucer, Prol. to Monk's Tale, 1. 23. Lete neuere thi wil thi witt ouer lede ; Of wrathful word is euermore be ware. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. overleaf (ō'vėr-lēf'), adv . On the other side of the leaf, or on either of the pages seen on turning a leaf. A tabular form in this volume is given overleaf . S. Kent , Infusoria, p. 621. overleap (ō-vér-lēp'), v. t. [ IMG:content-2028.png:[blocks in formation] Hakluyt's Voyages , II. ii. 77. [ overlippe (= Dan. overlæbe );