overspin

t. [Eng. over, and spin.] To spin out to too great a length;; to protract too long. "Things were prepar'd, debated, and then done, Not rashly broke, or vainly over spun." *o-ver-spradde, pret . & pa. par. of v. Cartwright: Death of Sir Bevill Glenvill. [OVERSPREAD.] ō-ver-sprěad', v . t . & i . [Eng. over , and spread .) A. Transitive : 1. To spread over; to cover. "The carpet-ground shall be with leaves o'erspread, And boughs shall weave a covering for your head." Dryden: Virgil ; Ecl , i. 115. IMG:content-0481.png:[blocks in formation] ō-ver-stand, v . t . [Eng. over , and stand , v.] To stand too much upon price or conditions; to lose by making extravagant demands. "What madman would o'erst and his market twice?" Dryden: Theocritus; Idyl. 8. ō-ver-stäre', v. t . & i. [Eng. over , and stare , v.] A. Trans.: To outstare; to look more fiercely than. "I would o'erstare the sternest eyes that look." Shakesp.. Merchant of Venice, ii. 2 B. In trans.: To stare wildly. "Some warlike sign must be used; either a slovenly buskin, or an overstaring frounced head."-Ascham: Scholemaster.