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.
2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly;
as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a
letter.
3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
"Overlook this pedigree." Shak.
The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish
well.
Roscommon.
4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to
fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak.
If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die.