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.

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