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.

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