O`ver*thwart", v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]

O"ver*thwart"ly, adv. In an overthwart manner; across; also,

perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

O"ver*thwart"ness, n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

[Obs.] Lord Herbert.

O`ver*tilt" (?), v. t. To tilt over; to overturn.

O"ver*time` (?), n. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra

working time.

O`ver*tire" (?), v. t. To tire to excess; to exhaust.

O`ver*tire", v. t. To become too tired. Br. Hall.

O`ver*ti"tle (?), v. t. To give too high a title to.

O"vert*ly (?), adv. Publicly; openly.

O`ver*toil" (?), v. t. To overwork.

O`ver*toil", v. t. To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and

travel.

Tennyson.

O"ver*tone` (?), n. [A translation of G. oberton. See Over,Tone.]

(Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it

dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or

column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural

harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an

aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone. Tyndall.

O`ver*top" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overtopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Overtopping.] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to

tower above. "To &?; 'ertop old Pelion." Shak.

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