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.