Chapter C: G. Leland (3)

Out"port` (?), n. A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade. Macaulay.

Out"post` (?), n. (Mil.) (a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station.

Out*pour" (?), v. t. To pour out. Milton.

Out"pour`, n. A flowing out; a free discharge.

Out*pow"er (?), v. t. To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] Fuller.

Out*pray" (?), v. t. To exceed or excel in prayer.

Out*preach" (?), v. t. To surpass in preaching.

And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a
parson.

Trumbull.

Out*prize" (?), v. t. To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.] Shak.

Out"put` (?), n. 1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.

2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the fæces. See Income.

The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. Foster.

Out*quench" (?), v. t. To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched." Spenser.

Out*rage" (?), v. t. [Out + rage.] To rage in excess of. [R.] Young.

Out"rage (?), n. [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See Ulterior.] 1. Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. Chaucer.

He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.

Spenser.

2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.

Out"rage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging (?).] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]

1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it
without a return.

Atterbury.

This interview outrages all decency.

Broome.

2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

Out"rage, v. t. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

Out*ra"geous (?), a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See Outrage, n.] Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." Shak. "Outrageous panegyric." Dryden.

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Syn. -- Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous.

-- Out*ra"geous*ly (out*r"js*l), adv. -- Out*ra"geous*ness, n.

||Ou`trance" (`träNs"), n. [F. See OutrÆ.] The utmost or last ||extremity.

||Combat à outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death.

Out*rank" (out*rk"), v. t. To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.

Out*ray" (-r"), v. t. To outshine. [R.] Skelton.

Out*ray", v. i. To spread out in array. [Obs.]

And now they outray to your fleet.

Chapman.

Out*raye" (?), v. i. See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.]

This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woe
should outraye.

Chaucer.

Out*raze" (?), v. t. To obliterate. [Obs.] Sandys.

||Ou`tré" (?), a. [F., p. p. of outrer to exaggerate, fr. L. ultra ||beyond. See Outrage.] Being out of the common course or limits; ||extravagant; bizarre.

Out*reach" (?), v. t. To reach beyond.

Out*rea"son (?), v. t. To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. South.

Out*reck"on (?), v. t. To exceed in reckoning or computation. Bp. Pearson.

||Ou`tre*cui`dance" (?), n. [F., fr. outre beyond + cuider to think, L. ||cogitare.] Excessive presumption. [R.] B. Jonson.

Out*rede" (?), v. t. To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [Obs.] See Atrede. Chaucer.

Out*reign" (?), v. t. To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [R.] Spenser.

Out*ride" (?), v. t. To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.

Out"ride`, n. 1. A riding out; an excursion. [R.]

2. A place for riding out. [R.]

Out"rid`er (?), n. 1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Obs.]

2. One who rides out on horseback. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. A servant on horseback attending a carriage.

Out"rig`ger (?), n. 1. Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

2. (Naut.) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat. (b) A boat thus equipped. (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.

Out"right` (?), adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.

2. Completely; utterly. Cardinal Manning.

Out*ring" (?), v. t. To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.

Out*ri"val (?), v. t. To surpass in a rivalry.

Out*rive" (?), v. t. To river; to sever. [Obs.] Fairfax.

{ Out"road`, Out"rode` } (?), n. An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).

Out*roar" (?), v. t. To exceed in roaring.

Out`ro*mance" (?), v. t. To exceed in romantic character. [R.] Fuller.

Out"room` (?), n. An outer room. [R.] Fuller.

Out*root" (?), v. t. To eradicate; to extirpate.

Out*run" (?), v. t. [imp. Outran (?); p. p. Outrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Outrunning.] To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Your zeal outruns my wishes.

Sir W. Scott.

The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the
sepulcher.

Jhon xx. 4.

Out*run"ner (?), n. An offshoot; a branch. [R.] "Some outrunner of the river." Lauson.

Out*rush" (?), v. i. To rush out; to issue, or ru&?; out, forcibly. Garth.

Out*sail" (?), v. t. To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. Beau. & Fl.

Out*scent" (?), v. t. To exceed in odor. Fuller.

Out*scold" (?), v. t. To exceed in scolding. Shak.

Out*scorn" (?), v. t. To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak.

Out"scour`ing (?), n. That which is scoured out o&?; washed out. Buckland.

Out*scout" (?), v. t. To overpower by disdain; to outface. [Obs.] Marston.

Out*see" (?), v. t. To see beyond; to excel in cer&?;ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.

Out*sell" (?), v. t. 1. To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

2. To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. Fuller. Shak.

Out"sen`try (?), n. (Mil.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

Out"set` (?), n. A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." Burke.

Giving a proper direction to this outset of life.

J. Hawes.

Out"set`tler (?), n. One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

Out*shine" (?), v. i. To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." Shak.

Out*shine", v. t. To excel in splendor.

A throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and
of Ind.

Milton.

Out*shoot" (?), v. t. To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon.

Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark.

Norris.

Out*shut" (?), v. t. To shut out. [R.] Donne.

Out"side` (?), n. 1. The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.

There may be great need of an outside where there is little or
nothing within.

South.

Created beings see nothing but our outside.

Addison.

2. The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary.

I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing
on the outside.

Spectator.

3. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.

4. One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See Inside, n. 3. [Colloq. Eng.]

Out"side` (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.

2. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate. [Colloq.]

Outside finish (Arch.), a term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.

Out"side` (?), adv. or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.

Out`sid"er (?), n. 1. One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. [Recent] A. Trollope.

2. A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.

3. A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. [Cant]

Out*sing" (?), v. t. To surpass in singing.

Out*sit" (?), v. t. To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.

Out"skirt` (?), n. A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth.

The outskirts of his march of mystery.

Keble.

Out*sleep" (?), v. t. To exceed in sleeping. Shak.

Out*slide" (?), v. i. To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding. [Poetic]

At last our grating keels outslide.

Whittier.

Out*soar" (?), v. t. To soar beyond or above.

Out"sole` (?), n. The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

Out*sound" (?), v. t. To surpass in sounding.

Out*span" (?), v. t. & i. [D. uitspannen.] To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon. [S. Africa]

Out*spar"kle (?), v. t. To exceed in sparkling.

Out*speak" (?), v. t. 1. To exceed in speaking.

2. To speak openly or boldly. T. Campbell.

3. To express more than. Shak.

Out*speed" (?), v. t. To excel in speed.

Outspeed the realized miracles of steam.

Talfourd.

Out"spend` (?), n. Outlay; expenditure. [R.]

A mere outspend of savageness.

I. Taylor.

Out*spin" (?), v. t. To spin out; to finish.

Out*spo"ken (?), a. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke. -- Out*spo"ken*ness, n.

Out*sport" (?), v. t. To exceed in sporting. [R.] "Not to outsport discretion." Shak.

Out*spread" (?), v. t. To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.

Out*spring" (?), v. i. To spring out; to issue.

Out*stand" (?), v. i. To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.

Out*stand", v. t. 1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding. [R.] Woodward.

2. To stay beyond. "I have outstood my time." Shak.

Out*stand"ing, a. That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected.

A. Hamilton.

Out*stare" (?), v. t. To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.

Shak.

Out*start" (?), v. i. To start out or up. Chaucer.

Out*stay" (?), v. t. To stay beyond or longer than.

She concluded to outstay him.

Mad. D' Arblay.

Out*step" (?), v. t. To exceed in stepping.

Out*storm" (?), v. t. To exceed in storming.

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.

J. Barlow.

Out"street` (?), n. A street remote from the center of a town. Johnson.

Out*stretch" (?), v. t. To stretch out. Milton.

Out*stride" (?), v. t. To surpass in striding.

Out*strike" (?), v. t. To strike out; to strike faster than. Shak.

Out*strip" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outstripped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping.] To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.

Southey.

He still outstript me in the race.

Tennyson.

Out*suf"fer (?), v. t. To exceed in suffering.

Out*swear" (?), v. t. To exceed in swearing.

Out*sweet"en (?), v. t. To surpass in sweetness. [R.] Shak.

Out*swell" (?), v. t. 1. To exceed in swelling.

2. To swell beyond; to overflow. [Obs.] Hewyt.

Out*take" (?), prep. Except. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

Out*tak"en (?), p. p. or prep. Excepted; save. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.

Out*talk" (?), v. t. To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down. Shak.

Out*tell" (?), v. t. To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning. "I have outtold the clock." Beau. & Fl.

Out"term` (?), n. An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc. [Obs.]

Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms.

B. Jonson.

Out*throw" (?), v. t. 1. To throw out. Spenser.

2. To excel in throwing, as in ball playing.

Out*toil" (?), v. t. To exceed in toiling.

Out*tongue" (?), v. t. To silence by talk, clamor, or noise. [R.] Shak.

Out*top" (?), v. t. To overtop. [Obs.]

Out*trav"el (?), v. t. To exceed in speed o&?; distance traveled. Mad. D' Arblay.

Out*twine" (?), v. t. To disentangle. [Obs.]

Out*val"ue (?), v. t. To exceed in value. Boyle.

Out*ven"om (?), v. t. To exceed in venom.

Out*vie" (?), v. t. To exceed in vying. Dryden.

Out*vil"lain (?), v. t. To exceed in villainy.

Out*voice" (?), v. t. To exceed in noise. Shak.

Out*vote" (?), v. t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. South.

Out*walk" (?), v. t. To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson.

Out"wall` (?), n. The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance. Shak.

{ Out"ward (?), Out"wards (?), } adv. [AS. &?;teweard. See Out, and -ward, -wards.] From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

The wrong side may be turned outward.

Shak.

Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.

Sir I. Newton.

Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

Out"ward, a. 1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by
day.

Cor. iv. 16.

2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer.

An outward honor for an inward toil.

Shak.

3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] Hayward.

4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

The fire will force its outward way.

Dryden.

-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.

Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

Out"ward, n. External form; exterior. [R.]

So fair an outward and such stuff within.

Shak.

Out"wards (?), adv. See Outward, adv.

Out*watch" (?), v. t. To exceed in watching.

Out"way` (?), n. A way out; exit. [R.]

In divers streets and outways multiplied.

P. Fletcher.

Out*wear" (?), v. t. 1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton.

2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. "If I the night outwear." Pope.

Out*wea"ry (?), v. t. To weary out. Cowley.

Out*weed" (?), v. t. To weed out. [Obs.]

Out*weep" (?), v. t. To exceed in weeping.

Out*weigh" (?), v. t. To exceed in weight or value.

Out*well" (?), v. t. To pour out. [Obs.] Spenser.

Out*well", v. i. To issue forth. Thomson.

Out*went" (?), imp. of Outgo.

Out*whore" (?), v. t. To exceed in lewdness.

Out*win" (?), v. t. To win a way out of. [Obs.]

Out*wind" (?), v. t. To extricate by winding; to unloose. [R.] Spenser. Dr. H. More.

Out*wing" (?), v. t. To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying. Garth.

Out*wit" (?), v. t. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

They did so much outwit and outwealth us !

Gauden.

Out"wit (?), n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Out*woe" (?), v. t. To exceed in woe. [Obs.]

Out*work" (?), v. t. To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

Out"work` (?), n. (Fort.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

Out*worth" (?), v. t. To exceed in worth. [R.]

Out*wrest" (?), v. t. To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Out*write" (?), v. t. To exceed or excel in writing.

Out*za"ny (?), v. t. To exceed in buffoonery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Ou*va"ro*vite (?), n. [Named from the Russian Count Uvaroff.] (Min.) Chrome garnet.

Ouze (?), n. & v. See Ooze. [Obs.]

Ou"zel (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Ousel.

The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm.

Tennyson.

||O"va (?), n. pl. See Ovum.

O"val (?), a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.] 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]

2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.

3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.

Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual manner, becomes of an oval form.

O"val, n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve. Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and B.

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{ O`val*bu"min (?), O`val*bu"men (?), } n. [Ovum + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.

O*val"i*form (?), a. [Oval + -form.] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.

O"val*ly (?), adv. In an oval form.

O"vant (?), a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to exult.] Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.

{ O*va"ri*an (?), O*va"ri*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.

O*va"ri*ole (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

O*va`ri*ot"o*mist (?), n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

O*va`ri*ot"o*my (?), n. [Ovarium + Gr. &?; to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.

O*va"ri*ous (?), a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.] Thomson.

||O`va*ri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Ovarium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation ||of the ovaries.

||O*va"ri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Ovaria (#), E. Ovariums (#). [NL.] An ||ovary. See Ovary.

O"va*ry (?), n.; pl. Ovaries (#). [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See Oval.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

2. (Zoöl. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

O"vate (?), a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]

1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. Gray.

O"vate-a*cu"mi*nate (?), a. Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.

O"vate-cyl`in*dra"ceous (?), a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

O"va*ted (?), a. Ovate.

O"vate-lan"ce*o*late (?), a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.

O"vate-ob"long (?), a. Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

O"vate-ro*tund"ate (?), a. Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.

O"vate-su"bu*late (?), a. Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

O*va"tion (?), n. [L. ovatio, fr. ovare to exult, rejoice, triumph in an ovation; cf. Gr. &?; to shout: cf. F. ovation.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

2. Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.

To rain an April of ovation round Their statues.

Tennyson.

O*va"to-a*cu"mi*nate (?), a. Same as Ovate-acuminate.

O*va"to-cyl`in*dra"ceous (?), a. Same as Ovate-cylindraceous.

O*va"to-ob"long (?), a. Same as Ovate-oblong.

O*va"to-ro*tund"ate (?), a. Same as Ovate-rotundate.

Ov"en (?), n. [AS. ofen; akin to D. oven, OHG. ofan, ovan, G. ofen, Icel. ofn, Dan. ovn, Sw. ugn, Goth. aúhns, Gr. &?;, Skr. ukh pot.] A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

Ov"en*bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests. (b) In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; -- called also golden-crowned thrush. (c) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.

O"ver (?), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. über, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. öfver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. &?;, Skr. upari. &?;199. Cf. Above, Eaves, Hyper-, Orlop, Super-, Sovereign, Up.] 1. Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.

The mercy seat that is over the testimony.

Ex. xxx. 6.

Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.

Longfellow.

2. Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.

Certain lakes . . . poison birds which fly over them.

Bacon.

3. Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.

4. Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.

5. Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.

Thou shalt be over my house.

Gen. xli. 40.

I will make thee rules over many things.

Matt. xxv. 23.

Dost thou not watch over my sin ?

Job xiv. 16.

His tender mercies are over all his works.

Ps. cxlv. 9.

6. Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.

7. Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.

8. Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars. "Over all this." Chaucer.

9. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.

Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o'er.

Over his signature (or name) is a substitute for the idiomatic English form, under his signature (name, hand and seal, etc.), the reference in the latter form being to the authority under which the writing is made, executed, or published, and not the place of the autograph, etc.

Over all (Her.), placed over or upon other bearings, and therefore hinding them in part; -- said of a charge. -- Over head and ears, beyond one's depth; completely; wholly; hopelessly; as, over head and ears in debt. [Colloq.] -- Over the left. See under Left. -- To run over (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.

O"ver (?), adv. 1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.

2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy. "We will pass over to Gibeah." Judges xix. 12. Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.

3. From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.

4. From inside to outside, above or across the brim.

Good measure, pressed down . . . and running over.

Luke vi. 38.

5. Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over. "So over violent." Dryden.

He that gathered much had nothing over.

Ex. xvi. 18.

6. In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.

7. At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished. "Their distress was over." Macaulay. "The feast was over." Sir W. Scott.

Over, out, off, and similar adverbs, are often used in the predicate with the sense and force of adjectives, agreeing in this respect with the adverbs of place, here, there, everywhere, nowhere; as, the games were over; the play is over; the master was out; his hat is off.

Over is much used in composition, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as in overcast, overflow, to cast or flow so as to spread over or cover; overhang, to hang above; overturn, to turn so as to bring the underside towards the top; overact, overreach, to act or reach beyond, implying excess or superiority.

All over. (a) Over the whole; upon all parts; completely; as, he is spatterd with mud all over. (b) Wholly over; at an end; as, it is all over with him. -- Over again, once more; with repetition; afresh; anew. Dryden. -- Over against, opposite; in front. Addison. -- Over and above, in a manner, or degree, beyond what is supposed, defined, or usual; besides; in addition; as, not over and above well. "He . . . gained, over and above, the good will of all people." L' Estrange. -- Over and over, repeatedly; again and again. -- To boil over. See under Boil, v. i. -- To come it over, To do over, To give over, etc. See under Come, Do, Give, etc. -- To throw over, to abandon; to betray. Cf. To throw overboard, under Overboard.

O"ver, a. Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over- garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.

O"ver, n. (Cricket) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

O`ver*a*bound" (?), v. i. To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope.

O`ver*act" (?), v. t. 1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.

2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]

The hope of inheritance overacts them.

Milton.

O`ver*act" (?), v. i. To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.

O"ver*ac"tion (?), n. Per&?;ormance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.

O`ver*af*fect" (?), v. t. To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] Milton.

O`ver*ag"i*tate (?), v. t. To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.

O"ver*all (?), adv. Everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

O"ver*alls (?), n. pl. 1. A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.

2. Waterproof leggings. R. D. Blackmore.

O"ver*anx*i"e*ty (?), n. The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

O"ver*anx"ious (?), a. Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. -- O"ver*anx"ious*ly, adv.

O`ver*arch" (?), v. t. & i. To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. "Brown with o'erarching shades." Pope.

O"ver-arm` (?), a. (Cricket, etc.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard. "An over-arm with a round-arm bowler." R. A. Proctor.

O`ver*awe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overawing.] To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and
overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword.

Spenser.

O"ver*aw"ful (?), a. Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] Milton.

O`ver*bal"ance (?), v. t. 1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. Locke.

2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

O"ver*bal`ance (?), n. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards.

O"ver*bar"ren (?), a. Excessively barren.

O"ver*bat"tle (?), a. [Over + battle, a.] Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.] "Overbattle grounds." Hooker.

O`ver*bear" (?), v. t. 1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle
lost, did overbear the reason of war.

Bacon.

Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell.

Dryden.

They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his
own country to meet them.

Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

O`ver*bear", v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

O`ver*bear"ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts.

2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

--O`ver*bear"ing*ly, adv. -- O`ver*bear"ing*ness, n.

O`ver*bend" (?), v. t. To bend to excess.

O`ver*bend", v. i. To bend over. [R.]

O`ver*bid" (?), v. t. To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.

O`ver*bide" (?), v. t. To outlive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

O`ver*blow" (?), v. i. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.

2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

O`ver*blow", v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.

When this cloud of sorrow's overblown.

Waller.

O"ver*board` (?), adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.

To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

O`ver*boil" (?), v. i. To boil over or unduly.

Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it
overboil In the hot throng.

Byron.

O`ver*bold" (?), a. Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak. -- O"ver*bold"ly, adv.

O"ver*book"ish (?), a. Excessively bookish.

O"ver*boun"te*ous, a. Bounteous to excess.

O`ver*bow" (?), v. t. To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.] Fuller.

O`ver*breed" (?), v. t. To breed to excess.

O`ver*brim" (?), v. i. To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]

O`ver*brow" (?), v. t. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow.

Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath.

Wordsworth.

O`ver*build" (?), v. t. 1. To build over. Milton.

2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.

O`ver*built" (?), a. Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

O`ver*bulk" (?), v. t. To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

O`ver*bur"den (?), v. t. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.

O"ver*bur`den, n. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.

O"ver*bur"den*some (?), a. Too burdensome.

O`ver*burn" (?), v. t. & i. To burn too much; to be overzealous.

O"ver-bus"y (?), a. Too busy; officious.

O`ver*buy" (?), v. t. 1. To buy too much.

2. To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.

O`ver*can"o*py (?), v. t. To cover as with a canopy. Shak.

O`ver*ca"pa*ble (?), a. Too capable. [R.]

Overcapable of such pleasing errors.

Hooker.

O"ver*care" (?), n. Excessive care. Dryden.

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O"ver*care"ful (?), a. Too careful. Shak.

O"ver*cark"ing (?), a. Too anxious; too full of care. [Archaic] Fuller.

O`ver*car"ry (?), v. t. & i. To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

O`ver*cast" (?), v. t. 1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.

Dryden.

2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon.

3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

O`ver*catch" (?), v. t. To overtake. [Obs.]

O"ver*cau"tious (?), a. Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. -- O"ver*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- O"ver*cau"tiou*ness, n.

O"ver*change` (?), n. Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

O`ver*charge" (?), v. t. [Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.]

1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To fill too full; to crowd.

Our language is overcharged with consonants.

Addison.

3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.

Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.

O`ver*charge", v. i. To make excessive charges.

O"ver*charge` (?), n. [Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.]

1. An excessive load or burden.

2. An excessive charge in an account.

O`ver*climb" (?), v. t. To climb over. Surrey.

O`ver*cloud" (?), v. t. To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

O`ver*cloy" (?), v. t. To fill beyond satiety. Shak.

O"ver*coat` (?), n. [Cf. Surcoat.] A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

O"ver*cold" (?), a. Cold to excess. Wiseman.

O`ver*col"or (?), v. t. To color too highly.

O`ver*come" (?), v. t. [imp. Overcame (?); p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] [AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.]

1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.

This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath
been.

Spenser.

2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] J. Philips.

3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.]

And overcome us like a summer's cloud.

Shak.

Syn. -- To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer.

O`ver*come", v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.

O`ver*com"er (?), n. One who overcomes.

O`ver*com"ing (?), a. Conquering; subduing. -- O`ver*com"ing*ly, adv.

O"ver*con"fi*dence (?), n. Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

O"ver*con"fi*dent (?), a. Confident to excess. -- O"ver*con"fi*dent*ly, adv.

O"ver*cost"ly (?), a. Too costly. Milton.

O`ver*count" (?), v. t. To rate too high; to outnumber. Shak.

O`ver*cov"er (?), v. t. To cover up. Shak.

O"ver*cred"u*lous (?), a. Too credulous.

O`ver*crow" (?), v. t. To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak.

O`ver*crowd" (?), v. t. To crowd too much.

O"ver*cun"ning (?), a. Exceedingly or excessively cunning.

O"ver*cu"ri*ous (?), a. Too curious.

O`ver*dare" (?), v. t. & i. To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

O`ver*date" (?), v. t. To date later than the true or proper period. Milton.

O"ver*deal` (?), n. The excess. [Obs.]

The overdeal in the price will be double.

Holland.

O"ver*del"i*cate (?), a. Too delicate.

O"ver*de*light"ed (?), a. Delighted beyond measure.

O"ver*dight" (?), a. Covered over. [Obs.] Spenser.

O`ver*do" (?), v. t. [imp. Overdid (?); p. p. Overdone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.

Shak.

2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.

4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

O`ver*do", v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much.

O`ver*do"er (?), n. One who overdoes.

O`ver*dose" (?), v. t. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

O"ver*dose`, n. Too great a dose; an excessive dose.

O`ver*draw" (?), v. t. [imp. Overdrew (?); p. p. Overdrawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]

1. To exaggerate; to overdo.

2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

O`ver*dress" (?), v. t. To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope.

O`ver*drink" (?), v. t. & i. To drink to excess.

O`ver*drive" (?), v. t. & i. To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

O`ver*drown" (?), v. t. To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] W. Browne.

O`ver*dry" (?), v. t. To dry too much. Burton.

O"ver*due" (?), a. Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.

O`ver*dye" (?), v. t. To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another). Shak.

O`ver*ea"ger (?), a. Too eager; too impatient. -- O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness, n.

O`ver*ear"nest (?), a. Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.

O`ver*eat" (?), v. t. & i. 1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.

O"ver*el"e*gant (?), a. Too elegant. Johnson.

O`ver*emp"ty (?), v. t. To make too empty; to exhaust. [R.] Carew.

O"ver*est (?), a. [Superl. of Over.] Uppermost; outermost.

Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy.

Chaucer.

O`ver*es"ti*mate (?), v. t. To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

O`ver*es"ti*mate (?), n. An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

O`ver*ex*cite" (?), v. t. To excite too much.

O"ver*ex*cite"ment (?), n. Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.

O`ver*ex*ert" (?), v. t. To exert too much.

O"ver*ex*er"tion (?), n. Excessive exertion.

O"ver*ex"qui*site (?), a. Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful.

O`ver*eye" (?), v. t. 1. To superintend; to oversee; to inspect. [Obs.]

2. To see; to observe. [Obs.] Shak.

O"ver*fall` (?), n. 1. A cataract; a waterfall. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.

O"ver*fa*tigue" (?), n. Excessive fatigue.

O`ver*fa*tigue", v. t. To fatigue to excess; to tire out.

O`ver*feed" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Overfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overfeeding.] To feed to excess; to surfeit.

O"ver*fierce" (?), a. Excessively fierce.

o`ver*fill" (?), v. t. To fill to excess; to surcharge.

O`ver*fish" (?), v. t. To fish to excess.

O`ver*float" (?), v. t. To overflow. [R.] Dryden.

O`ver*flour"ish (?), v. t. 1. To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.

2. To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over. [Obs.] Shak.

O`ver*flow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] [AS. oferfl&?;wan. See Over, and Flow.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.

Spenser.

2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

O`ver*flow", v. i. 1. To run over the bounds.

2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.

O"ver*flow` (?), n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.

2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.

3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.

O`ver*flow"ing (?), n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody
who would start a subject.

Macaulay.

O`ver*flow"ing*ly, adv. In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.

O`ver*flush" (?), v. t. To flush to excess. [R.]

O`ver*flut"ter (?), v. t. To flutter over.

O"ver*flux` (?), n. Overflow; exuberance. [R.]

O`ver*fly" (?), v. t. [imp. Overflew (?); p. p. Overflown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.] To cross or pass over by flight. Byron.

O"ver*fond" (?), a. Fond to excess. Milton.

-- O"ver*fond"ly, adv. -- O"ver*fond"ness, n.

O"ver*force` (?), n. Excessive force; violence.

O"ver*for"ward (?), a. Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.

O"ver*free" (?), a. Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar. -- O"ver*free"ly, adv.

O`ver*freight" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overfreighted (Overfraught (?), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overfreighting.] To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

O"ver*fre"quent (?), a. Too frequent.

O`ver*frieze" (?), v. t. To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. E. Hall.

O`ver*front" (?), v. t. To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.

O"ver*fruit"ful (?), a. Too fruitful.

O"ver*full" (?), a. [AS. oferfull.] Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited. Shak.

O"ver*full"ness, n. The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

O"ver-gar`ment (?), n. An outer garment.

O`ver*gar"ri*son (?), v. t. To garrison to excess.

O`ver*gaze" (?), v. t. To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] "Earth's o'ergazing mountains." Byron.

O`ver*get" (?), v. t. 1. To reach; to overtake; to pass. [Obs.]

2. To get beyond; to get over or recover from. [R.]

O`ver*gild" (?), v. t. [AS. ofergyldan.] To gild over; to varnish.

O`ver*gird" (?), v. t. To gird too closely. [R.]

O`ver*give" (?), v. t. To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

O"ver*glad" (?), a. Excessively or unduly glad.

O`ver*glance" (?), v. t. To glance over.

O`ver*glide" (?), v. t. To glide over. Wyatt.

O`ver*gloom" (?), v. t. To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.]

Overgloomed by memories of sorrow.

De Quincey.

O`ver*go" (?), v. t. [imp. Overwent (?); p. p. Overgone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overgoing.] [AS. ofergn.]

1. To travel over. [R.] Shak.

2. To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

3. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.

4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] Shak.

O`ver*gorge" (?), v. t. To gorge to excess.

O`ver*grace" (?), v. t. To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

O"ver*grassed" (?), a. Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass. [Obs.] Spenser.

O`ver*great" (?), a. Too great.

O"ver*great"ness, n. Excessive greatness.

O"ver*greed"y (?), a. Excessively greedy.

O"ver*gross" (?), a. Too gross.

O"ver*ground" (?), a. Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.

O`ver*grow" (?), v. t. [imp. Overgrew (?); p. p. Overgrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overgrowing.]

1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.

The green . . . is rough and overgrown.

Sir W. Scott.

2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl.

[Usually in the past participle.]

O`ver*grow", v. i. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange.

O"ver*growth` (?), n. Excessive growth.

O`ver*hail" (?), v. t. See Overhaul. [Obs.]

O`ver*hale" (?), v. t. See Overhaul. [Obs.]

O"ver*hand` (?), n. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

Sir T. More.

O"ver*hand`, a. 1. (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.

2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.

Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

O"ver*hand`, adv. In an overhand manner or style.

O`ver*han"dle (?), v. t. To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.

O`ver*hang" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhung (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.] 1. To impend or hang over. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope.

O`ver*hang", v. i. To jut over. Milton.

O`ver*hang`, n. (Arch.) 1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

O"ver*hap"py (?), a. Exceedingly happy. Shak.

O`ver*hard"en (?), v. t. To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.

O"ver*har"dy (?), a. Too hardy; overbold.

O"ver*haste` (?), n. Too great haste.

O"ver*has"ty (?), a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly (#), adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.

O`ver*haul" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling.] 1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. -- To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

{ O"ver*haul` (?), O`ver*haul"ing, } n. A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

O`ver*head" (?), adv. Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

While overhead the moon Sits arbitress.

Milton.

Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc.

Overhead engine, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. -- Overhead work, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.

O`ver*hear" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] [AS. oferhiéran.]

1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.

2. To hear again. ShaK.

O`ver*heat" (?), v. t. [Cf. Superheat.] To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.

O"ver*heav`y (?), a. Excessively heavy.

O`ver*hele" (?), v. t. [AS. oferhelian.] To hele or cover over. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

O`ver*hent", v. t. [See Hent.] To overtake. [Obs.]

So forth he went and soon them overhent.

Spenser.

O"ver*high" (?), a. [AS. oferheáh.] Too high.

O"ver*high"ly, adv. Too highly; too greatly.

O`ver*hip" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhipping.] [Over + a word akin to E. hop to skip.] To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] "When the time is overhipt." Holland.

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O`ver*hold" (?), v. t. To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [Obs.] Shak.

O"ver*hung" (?), a. 1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Carlyle.

2. Suspended from above or from the top.

Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.

O`ver*in"flu*ence (?), v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

O`ver*in*form" (?), v. t. To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [R.] Johnson.

O"ver*is"sue (?), n. An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority.

An overissue of government paper.

Brougham.

O`ver*is"sue, v. t. To issue in excess.

O`ver*jeal"ous (?), a. [Over + jealous. Cf. Overzealous.] Excessively jealous; too jealous.

O`ver*joy" (?), v. t. To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.

O"ver*joy` (?), n. Excessive joy; transport.

O`ver*jump" (?), v. t. To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston.

O"ver*king` (?), n. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. J. R. Green.

O"ver*know"ing (?), a. Too knowing or too cunning.

O`ver*la"bor (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlabored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaboring.]

1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden.

2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.

O`ver*lade" (?), v. t. [imp. Overladed; p. p. Overladen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlading.] [Cf. Overload.] To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload. Spenser.

O"ver*land` (?), a. Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.

O"ver*land`, adv. By, upon, or across, land.

O"ver*land`er (?), n. One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

O"ver*lan"guaged (?), a. Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.

O`ver*lap" (?), v. t. & i. To lap over; to lap.

O"ver*lap` (?), n. 1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

O"ver*large" (?), a. Too large; too great.

O"ver*large"ness, n. Excess of size or bulk.

O`ver*lash" (?), v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. lash extravagant, lashing lavish.] To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [Obs.] Barrow.

O`ver*lash"ing, n. Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]

O"ver*late" (?), a. Too late; exceedingly late.

O`ver*lave" (?), v. t. To lave or bathe over.

O"ver*lav"ish (?), a. Lavish to excess.

O`ver*lay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it.

Sir W. Raleigh.

As when a cloud his beams doth overlay.

Spenser.

Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.

Milton.

And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.

Milton.

2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

1 Kings iii. 19.

A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire.

Dryden.

3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.

O"ver*lay` (?), n. 1. A covering. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

O"ver*lay"er (?), n. One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

O"ver*lay"ing, n. A superficial covering; a coating.

O`ver*lead" (?), v. t. To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

O`ver*leap" (?), v. t. [AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.] To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o'erleap that custom." Shak.

O"ver*learn"ed (?), a. Too learned. -- O"ver*learn"ed, adv. -- O"ver*learn"ed*ness, n.

O"ver*leath`er (?), n. Upper leather. Shak.

O`ver*leav"en (?), v. t. To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil. [Obs.]

O"ver*lib"er*al (?), a. Too liberal.

O"ver*lib"er*al*ly, adv. In an overliberal manner.

O`ver*lick" (?), v. t. To lick over.

O`ver*lie" (?), v. t. [imp. Overlay (?); p. p. Overlain (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlying.] To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Quain.

A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping.

Chaucer.

O"ver*light` (?), n. Too strong a light. Bacon.

O"ver*light", a. Too light or frivolous; giddy.

O"ver*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

O"ver*lin"ger (?), v. t. To cause to linger; to detain too long. [Obs.] Fuller.

O"ver*lip` (?), n. [AS. oferlibban.] The upper lip. [Obs.] Chaucer.

O`ver*live" (?), v. t. To outlive. Sir P. Sidney.

The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its political
supermacy.

Earle.

O`ver*live" (?), v. i. To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively. Milton. "Overlived in this close London life." Mrs. Browning.

O"ver*liv"er (?), n. A survivor. Bacon.

O`ver*load" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overloaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Overloading.] [Cf. Overlade.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

O"ver*load` (?), n. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

O"ver*log"ic*al (?), a. Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

O"ver*long" (?), a. & adv. Too long. Shak.

O`ver*look" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlooking.] 1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden.

[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.

Shak.