overflow 4199 overgreat 
The principle of the structure of the romantic poetry over-friezet (6-ver-frez'), r. t. To cover over or overglaze (6'vpr-glaz), w. and a. I. n. In ce- 
rw overflow; that of the classical poetry was distich. .. . OVPr i av with or as witli a frieze. /"/., a second glaze applied to a piece of \i ice- 
J " *2? "T^nSS sh^kespeS "ope"'^"! On their hedde, were bonnette. .11 opened at the l.li. lain of wliicl, the first glaze is deeply. colored or 
., IIV1 tJU'tv, ... f-n,, . ,,11. * All dW>>>IU<J U7 { t tl ll a t (Flllll I if fill 
1 opened at the 1111. 
quarters, ntt> rirttufd witll flat gold of damaske. 
Hall, Hen. VIII., an. '. 
over-fruitful (6-ver-fr8t'ful), a. Fruitful to ex- 
cess; too luxuriant. 
It had formerly been said that the easiness of blank 
verse renders the poet too luxuriant, but that the labour 
of rhyme bounds and circumscribes an over-fruitful fancy. 
Itryden, Essay on Dram. Poesy. 
one overflow. 
4. Same as 
overflow-basin (o'ver-tlo-ba'sn), n. A basin 
having a pipe that carries* off fluid when it rises 
to | cert ii in level in the basin, so that it may 
not run over the brim, 
overflow-bug (6'ver-flo-bug), n. A caraboid 
beetle, J'kttyuus maculicollix, which occasion- 
ally appears in enormous numbers, especially overfull (6-ver-fuT), a. [< ME. 'overfull, < AS. 
in southern California, becoming a pest simply oferfutt (= D. overvol = OHG. ubarfoll, MHO. 
from its numbers, as it docs no damage. [Lo- jibemol, G. iibervoll = Sw. ofverfull = Dan. over- 
cal, California.] fuld = Goth. ufarfulls),< ofer, over, + full, full.] 
overflow-gage (o'ver-flo-gaj), . A device in Too full; hence, too much occupied. 
the nature of an overflow-pipe attached to Being owr-/u of self-affairs, 
the case of a wet gas-meter to maintain a con- My mind did lose It. Shale., M. N. D., L 1. 118. 
slant water-line in the drum, and thereby in- over f u llne8S (o-ver-ful'nes), n. The state or 
sure accuracy in its measurements, and also con( jjtion of being overfull. 
to permit a constant change of water and dis- over g an gt (6-ver-gang'), v. t. [< ME. overgang- overglutt (6-ver-gluf), a. Glutted or filled to 
.1. * impurities deposited from the gas. ew> < A g ofergangan (_ OHG. ubargangan, upar- repletion. 
/.iinl.-iiii = Goth, ufargaggan), < ofer, over, + While epicures are overglut, I ly and starue for foode. 
gangan, go : see gang, v.] To go beyond ; trans- Breton, Melanchollke Humours, p. 9. (Da.no.) 
gress or trespass against. Old. Eng. Misc. overgo (6-ver-go'),t>. [<ME. orer</on,< AS. ofer- 
(E. E. T. S.), p. 129. gdnl=T>.overgaan=OHG.ubarg'an,MHQr.iiber- 
overgangert (6-ver-gang'er), . [ME. ; < over- gen , G. ubergehn = Sw. ofrergA = Dan. overgaa), 
gang + -er 1 .] One who overcomes. 
By Jacob in Haly Writt es vndirstande ane ouerganger 
of synnes. Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.X p. 29. 
a sec 
lain of ' . . . 
crackleil, or covered with paintings in enamel. 
The term Is applied in many cases where its propriety Is 
il'iulitfiil: thus, most crackled porcelains seem not to have 
received any second glaze, but to have been merely rubbed 
with the color which penetrates the cracks. 
II. a. In ceram., used for painting upon the 
glaze: said of a vitriflablo pigment: as, an over- 
glaze color. 
overglide (6-ver-glid'), v. t. To glide over. 
That sun, the which was never cloud could hide, 
Plerceth the cave, and on the harp descendeth ; 
Whose glancing light the chords did overglide. 
WyaU, Ps. xxxiL, The Author. 
overgloom (6-ver-glSm'), v. t. To cover with 
gloom ; render gloomy. 
The cloud-climbed rock, sublime and vast 
That like some giant king o'er-gloorm the hill. 
Coleridge, To CotUe. 
overflowing ("o-ver-flo'ing), n. A flowing over; 
overflow; superabundance; surplus. 
The overflowing of the water passed by. Hab. Ul. 10. 
We have broken our covenant, and we must be saved by 
the excrescences and overflowings of mercy. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), 1. 179. 
Wide and more wide, the o'erflowingi of the mind 
Take every creature In, of every kind. 
Pope, Essay on Man, Iv. 369. 
overflowing (6-ver-flo ' ing), p. a. More than overgarment (6'ver-gar'ment), n. A garment 
UVC1UUVV1UK \v e/> 1 maAo tf\v man-finer rvol> rtfhar orarmAllt a ttn 
go over, overrun, overspread, pass by, surpass, 
< ofer, over,+ gdn, go: see go. Cf. overgang.] 
I. trans. I. To pass over or through ; go over; 
full; abundant; copious; exuberant. 
Her fields a rich expanse of wavy corn, 
Pour'd out from Plenty's overflowing horn. 
Cowper, Expostulation, 1. 10. 
The lovely freight 
Of overflowing blooms, and earliest shoots 
made for wearing over other garments; an 
outer garment. 
overgartt, a. [ME. ; perhaps an error for over- 
gate.] Arrogant; proud. 
The world was so ouergart. 
Political Songt (ed. Wright), p. 341. 
Of orient green. ' Tennyion, Ode to Memory. OTergartti n . [See overgart, a.] Pride; pre- 
overflowingly (6-ver-flo'ing-li), adv. In an gumption. Seinte Marherete (ed. Cockayne), 
overflowing manner ; exuberantly ; in great p. N 
abundance. overgatet, adv. 
overflow-meeting (o'ver-flo-me'ting), n. A 
subsidiary meeting of persons, as at a political 
gathering, who, on account of the numbers at- 
tending, nave been unable to gain entrance to 
the main building or hall, 
overflusb, (6-ver-nusb/), v. t. 
or color over. [Rare.] 
Love broods on such ; what then? When first perceived 
Is there no sweet strife to forget to change, 
Over- 
To overfluth those blemishes with all 
The glow of general goodness they disturb? 
Browning, Paracelsus. 
[ME., < over + gate%.] 
i illicit; unreasonably. 
Hast thow I-coueted over gate 
Worldes worschype or any a- state? 
J. Myre, Instructions for Parish Priests (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1307. 
over-gaze (6-ver-gaz'), v. i. If. To look too 
To flush ; flush long, so as to become dazzled. 
Oh that Wit were not amazed 
At the wonder of his senses, 
Or his eyes not overgazed 
In Minerva's excellences. 
Breton, Melanchollke Humours, p. 13. 
2. To gaze or look over. 
His altar the high places and the peak 
Of earth's o'er-gaziny mountains. 
Byron, ChHde Harold, lit 91. 
overgett (o-ver-gef), v. t. [< ME. overgeten; 
< over + get 1 .'] 1. To reach; overtake. 
Thel slough and maymed alle that the! myght overrate, 
so that er the vanguarde com of thre thousande ther as- 
caped not xl. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 278. 
With six hours' hard riding, through so wild places as 
it was rather the cunning of my horse sometimes than of 
myself so rightly to hit the way, I overgot them a little be- 
fore night. Sir P. Sidney. 
2. To get over. Z><we. [Bare.] 
Edith cannot sleep, and till she overgett this she cannot 
be better. SouOuy, Letters (1803X I. 230. 
[d (6-ver-gild'), v. t. [< ME. overgildcn, 
overflux (6'ver-fluks), n. Excess ; exuberance : 
as, "an overflux of youth," Ford. [Bare.] 
overfly (6-ver-flT), . t. To pass over, across, 
or beyond in flight; outstrip ; outsoar. 
As they were mad, unto the wood they hie them, 
Out-stripping crows that strive to over-fly them. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 324. 
Gray, whose " Progress of Poesy," In reach, variety, and 
loftiness of poise, overflies all other English lyrics like an 
eagle. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 887. 
overfold (6'ver-fold), n. lageol., a reflexed or 
inverted fold ; an anticlinal flexure in which 
the bending has been carried so far that the 
strata on each side of the axis have become ap- 
pressed, the axial plane being bent out of the 
vertical, so that one limb of the fold lies upon overt , 
the other. < AS. ofergyldan, < ofer, over. + gyldan, gild: 
over-fond (6-ver-fond'), a. If. Excessively see gild 1 .] To cover with gilding : as, to ot-er- 
foolish or silly. gild the carving of a piece of furniture. 
As for the chesse, I think It over-fond, because It Is over- Of silnere, wele ouer-gilt. Rob. of Brunne, p. 187. 
W " ftSSSft ^sports and Pastime., P . 17. overgird (6-ver-gerd'), v. t. To gird or bind 
too closely. 
2. Fond to excess ; doting. ^^ ^ gentle WMt wlnd< gnall open tne fruitfuj ^ 
Lament not Eve, . . . nor set thy heart, gon, o f the Earth, thus over-girded by your imprisonment 0' 
Thus over-fond, on that which is not thine. Milton, Church-Government, ii. 
" overgive (6-ver-giv'), v. [= D. MLG. over- 
adv. In an over- ?<Jt , e _ G Mergeben = Sw. ofvergifva = Dan. 
overgive; as over + give 1 .] 1. trans. To give 
over or surrender. 
traverse. 
Hear haued moye ouer-gon. 
Geneii* and Exodiu (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 1903. 
For tyme mlspent and ouergotte 
Cannot be calde agayne. 
Babeei fioo*(E. E. T. 8.), p. 90. 
How many weary steps, 
Of many weary miles you have o'ergone, 
Are munber'd in the travel of one mile ? 
Shot., L. L. L., v. 2. 196. 
2f. To cover. 
All which, ray thoughts say, they shall never do, 
But rather, that the earth shall overgo 
Some one at least Chapman. 
3. To excel; go beyond; surpass; exceed. 
In the nobleness of his nature abhorring to make the 
punishment overgo the offence, he stepped a little back. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ill. 
Your pride mcergoes your wit 
Courteous Knight (Child's Ballads, VIII. 276). 
He shall not overgo me in his friendship. 
Beau, and Ft, Coxcomb, 1L 1. 
4. To overcome ; weigh down ; oppress. 
Phllanax . . . entered into his speech, . . . being so 
overgone with rage that he forgot In his oration his pre- 
cise method of oratory. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, v. 
Sad-hearted men, much overgone with care, 
Here sits a king more woful than you are. 
Shak., S Hen. VI., ii. 6. 123. 
5+. To surmount; get the better of. 
His evil sort was mitr-gon. 
Geneiit and Exodu*(E. E. T. S.\ 1. 118A. 
overfondly (6-ver-fond'li), 
fond manner; with excessive fondness. 
over-force (6'ver-fors), n. Excessive force or 
violence. [Bare.] 
Then Jason ; and his javelin seem'd to take, 
But fail'd with over-force, and whizz'd above his back. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., viii. 
over-forward (6-ver-ffir'ward), a. Excessively 
forward. 
Constraint that trade to overgive. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, L 249. 
H. intrans. To surpass in giving. 
So doth God love a good choice that He recompenses it 
with overgiving. 
Bp. Hall, Contemplations (ed. Tegg, 1836), III. 31. 
With siftls men may wommen over goon, 
Babeei Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 40. 
II. intrans. 1. To go by; pass over; pass 
away; disappear. 
The newe love, labour, or other wo, 
Or elles selde seynge of a wight 
Don olde affeccions alle overgo. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 424. 
2. To go to excess ; be extravagant. 
Is he not monstrously overgone in frenzy? 
t'urd, Lover's Melancholy, Iv. 2. 
overgorge (6-ver-gdrj'), v. t. To gorge to excess. 
By devilish policy art tbou grown great 
And, like ambitious Sylla, ovrrgorged 
With gobbets of thy mother's bleeding heart. 
Shall., 2 Hen. VI., Iv. 1. 84. 
_ as'), v. t. To honor unduly, 
excessively, or above measure. 
That yon think to overgrace me with 
The marriage of your sister, troubles me. 
Beau, and Ft., King and No King, L 1. 
overgrain (6-ver-gran'), v. i. and t. In the art 
of graining, to put on additional lights and 
shades after the first graining has been effect- 
ed. It is usually done in water-color. See top- 
graining. 
To load or freight 
readiness; 
overfreight (6-ver-frat'),t>. 
too heavily ; overload. 
Give sorrow words ; the grief that does not speak 
Whispers the o'erfraugM heart and bids it break. 
Sha*., Macbeth, iv. 3. 210. 
A boat ouerfraighted with people, in rowing down the 
riuer, was, by the extreme weather, sunk. 
R. Carets, Survey of Cornwall, p. 108. 
overgrainer (6-ver-gra'ner). n. A special kind 
_, , , , of flat bristle brush, thin and with long bristles, 
over-forwardness (6-ver-f6r'wftrd-nes), n. The overe i ance (6-ver-glans'), v. t. To glance over; used in imitating the natural grain of woods, 
state of being over-forward; too great forward- run over with the eye [Bare.] overgrasst, " t. To cover with grass. 
ness or readiness: offlciousness. Sir M. Bale. the superscript For they bene like fonle wagmolres owrynufc 
Shot., L. L. L., iv. 2. 135. Spenier, Shep. Cal., September. 
overglaze (6-ver-glaz'), . t. To glaze over; overgreat ( 6- ver-grat'), a. [< ME. overgreet (= 
cover with superficial brilliancy; hide (an infe- D. orergroot = MLG. overgrot = G. Obergross) ; 
rior material) with something more showy. < over + great.] Too great. 
The saddler he stuff es his pannels with straw or hay, and For whan a man hath over-greet a wit, 
overglaneth them with haire. 
. 
Oreene, Quip for an Upstart Courtier. 
Fnl ofte him happeth to mlsusen It 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 96. 
