over-king 
The clansmen uwed fealty only to lln-h- chiefs, who In 
turn owed a Mini of conditional allegiance to the utv/-- 
kitnj, depending a good deal upon the ithility of the Latter 
to enforce It. /-.'/i.-;/,:. liril., XIII. 25 1. 
overknowing (O-VC'T-MO \MK), a. Too knowing 
or cunning: used disparagingly. 
The understanding oterknotring, niisknowing, dlueui- 
tiling, lip. Hall, Cireat Impostor. 
overlabor, overlabour (6-v(>r-lii'b<>r), ' ' 1. 
To liai-ass with loil. l>ri/<l<:n. 2. To uxci-utc 
with (no much care. Scott. 
oyerlactation (o vvr-lak-tii'shon), . Lacta- 
tion in excess of what the strength of the per- 
son will bear. 
overlade (6-ver-lad'), v. t. [< ME. overladen 
(= 1). orrrlailnt = <>ll<i. iilnirlil<ul<iii, iiparliltt- 
it, ii/i/iiiiK/iin, MHG. G. uberladen); < over + 
le 1 .] To load with too great a cargo or other 
burden; overburden; overload. 
Outrlade not your verse with too many of them [dactyls] ; 
but here and there enterhice a Iambus or some other foote 
of two times to glue him grauitie. 
Pv.ttinha.rn, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 108. 
Their hearts were alway heavy, and overladen with 
earthly thoughts. 
Tyndale, Ana. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soe., 1850), p. 37. 
The house was . . overladen with guests. 
Coryat, Crudities, L 182. 
overlaid (6-ver-lad'), . 1. In her., lapping 
over; doubled for a part of its length. 2. In 
entom., seeming as if covered with a semi-trans- 
parent pigment through which the markings 
are dimly visible : as, basal portion of the wing 
overlaid with ochraceous. 
overland (6'v6r-land'), adv. Over or across the 
country. 
I desire of you 
A conduct over-land to Milford-Haven. 
SAo*., Cymbeline, Hi. 5. 8. 
overland (6' ver-land), a. Passing by land; 
made or performed upon or across the land : as, 
an overl/tnd journey. Overland route.aroute which 
is wholly or largely over land. Especially (a) The route 
from fireat Britain to India by way of the Isthmus of Suez, 
as opposed to that around the Cape of Good Hope, (b) The 
route from the country east of the Mississippi to the Pacific 
coast across the plains and the Rocky Mountains, as op- 
posed to that around Cape Horn, or by way of the Isthmus 
of Darien. 
overlap (6-ver-lap'), v. t. 1. To lap or fold 
over ; extend so as to lie or rest upon : as, one 
slato on a roof overlaps another. 
Those circles, of which there are now so many artistic, 
eesthetic, literary all of them considering themselves to 
belong to society, were then [1837] out of society alto- 
gether ; nor did they overlap and intersect each other. 
II'. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 85. 
2. To cause to lap or fold over: as, to overlap 
slates or shingles on a roof. 
overlap (o'ver-lap), n. [< overlap, v.] The lap- 
ping ot one thing over another; also, the thing 
or part which overlaps; specifically, in geol., 
a disposition of the strata such that newer or 
more recent members of a formation lap over 
or are deposited beyond the limits of the older 
beds. Tills is caused by the subsidence of the regions 
in which deposition is taking place, so that each succes- 
sive layer extends further inland than the preceding one. 
overlap-joint (6'ver-lap-joint), n. A joint in 
which the edges lap on each other, instea-d of 
being merely in contact as in a butting-joint. 
overlasht (6-ver-lash' ), r . f . 1 . To exaggerate ; 
boast or vaunt too much. Bp. Hall. 2. To 
proceed to excess. 
The ouerlashinge desires of the flesh. 
Lyly, Euphues, Anat of Wit, p. 182. 
overlashingt (6-ver-lash'ing), . [Verbal n. of 
on rlaxh, i\] Excess; exaggeration. 
Before whose bar we shall once give an account of all 
our overlashiiujt. Bp. llall, Old Religion, To the Reader. 
overlashinglyt (6-ver-lash'ing-li), adr. Ex- 
travagantly ; with exaggeration. 
overlauncn (6-ver-lSnch'), . In Mp-bviMiiit/. 
to make long splices or scarfs in joining tim- 
bers together, so as to make strong work. 
overlay (6-v<-r-la'), c. [< ME. overleyen (= D. 
in-i rici/i n = MLG. overlrggen = MHG. G. iiber- 
II-I/I-H = S\v. ilfrcrlagga = Dan. orerleegge = Goth. 
ufarlagjaii) ; < over + lay 1 ."] I. trans. 1. To 
lay upon or over; cover or spread over the 
surface of: as, cedar overlaid with gold. 
He made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them 
with brass. Ex. xxxvill. . 
The folding gates a dazzling light display'd 
With pomp of various architrave o'erfaid. 
Fenton, in Pope's Odyssey, xx. 
Never see them [pine-trees] overlaid 
With narrow moon-lit slips of silver cloud, 
Between the loud stream and the trembling stars. 
Tenntfiton, (Enone. 
The walls and roof with gold were overlaid. 
William Morrie, Earthly Paradise, I. 827. 
I -_'Ml 
2f. Ti> Inirdi'M or rnriimb<*r; p],n--s. 
Than disparblcd the crlstin, for thei were so sore over- 
leide with grete multitude of saisnes. 
w. ,//,(!:. r.. T. s.), n.241). 
So fights a Lion, . . . 
When, over-layd with might and Multitude, 
He needs must dy. 
Sylvenler, tr. of Im Bartas's Weeks, i. 5. 
The Scots resolutely maintain'd the Fight three noun 
and more ; but In the end, overlaid with a number, they 
were put to flight. Baker, Chronicles, p. 303. 
3. To lie upon; hence, to smother by lying 
upon: for on i'in . 
This woman's child died in the night ; because she over- 
laid It. 1 KL UL 19. 
4. To obscure by covering; cloud; overcast. 
For so exceeding shone Ills glistriug ray 
That rim-bus golden face It did attaint. 
As when a cloud his beames doth over-lay. 
Spenter, V. Q., I. vti. 84. 
The Mohammedan pilgrimages of devotion are very nu- 
merous, and are chiefly connected with the saint-worship 
which has overlaid ana obscured the original strict mono- 
theism of Islam. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 9:t. 
The bravery of our free working people was overlaid, but 
not smothered. 0. W. Uoltnes, Old VoL of Life, p. 10. 
5. To span ; join the opposite sides of. 
And overlay, 
With this portentous bridge, the dark abyss. 
MOUm, P. L., x. 870. 
6. In printing, to make even or graduate the 
impression of, on a printing-press, by means of 
overlays. 
II. iittrans. In printing, to use overlays, 
overlay (o'ver-la), n. [< overlay, t.] 1. In 
/ii'ui/iiii/. a bit of paper accurately cut and 
pasted on the impression-surface of a printing- 
press with intent to increase the impression in 
a place where it is not strong enough. A wood- 
cut in strong contrast of light and shade, as ordinarily 
treated, receives one overlay, or one thickness of paper, 
over the parts in light gray, two over those in dark gray, 
three over blackish gray, and four or more over intense 
black. 
2. In tile-ornamenting (by the process of press- 
ing leaves, laces, or embossed patterns upon the 
unbaked tiles), a part of a leaf, cutting of lace, 
etc., which lies over and upon another leaf, 
cutting, or pattern. 3. A second tablecloth 
laid in various ways over a larger cloth on the 
table. 4. A era vat; a neckcloth. [Scotch.] 
Dear sir, the Captain says a three-nooklt handkercher is 
the malst fashionable overlay, and that stocks belang to 
your honour and me that are auld-warld folk. 
Scott, Antiquary, xxxvi. 
5. Loosely, anything laid over another for pro- 
tection or ornament. 
overlaying (o-ver-la'ing^ n. [Verbal n. of 
overlay, r.] I. A superficial covering. 
The sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the hooks of 
the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying 
of their chapiters of silver. Ex. xxxviii. 17. 
2. In printing, the act or art of using overlays, 
overleadt (o-ver-led'), v. t. [< ME. overledeti, 
< AS. oferlcedati, oppress, < ofer, over,+ Icedan, 
lead: seelead 1 .] Todominate; domineerover; 
oppress. 
A milksope or a coward ape 
That wol been overlad with every wight. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Monk s Tale, L 23. 
Lete neuere thi wil thi witt otter lede; 
Of wrathful wordis euermore be ware. 
Babeeg Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. 
overleaf (6' ver-lef '), adv. On the other side of 
the leaf, or on either of the pages seen on turn- 
ing a leaf. 
A tabular form ... in this volume is given overleaf. 
S. Kent, Infusoria, p. 021. 
overleap (6-ver-lep'), r. t. [< ME. overlepen, 
< AS. oferhledpan, overleap, < ofer, over, + 
hledpan, leap: see leap 1 .'} To leap over; over- 
step or go beyond j pass over or move from side 
to side of by leaping, literally or figuratively ; 
hence, to omit ; pass over. 
I do beseech yon, 
Let me o'erleap that custom. 
Shak., Cor., U. 2. 140. 
Satan . . . overleap'd all bound 
Of bill or highest wall, and sheer within 
Lights on his feet Milton, P. I... iv. 181. 
But nature still o'erleapg reflection's plan. 
Loirell, To G. W. Curtis. 
To overleap one's self, to exert one's self too much in 
leaping: leap too far. 
I have no spur 
To prick the sides of my intent, but only 
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. 
And falls on the other. Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. 27. 
overlearnedness (6-ver-ler'ned-nes), H. Ex- 
cessive erudition ; pedantry. 
A man may wonder at these learned Critlcks overlearn- 
ednesne. Chapman, Iliad, xiii. 556, Com. 
overlook 
overleathert (o'vi'-r-li-Tu'er). . [< -Ml-;. DMT- 
: iii-i rli'iln- ( = 1). Hi-fi-li it' i- = MLG. //,,/- 
= Sw. <>f 1 1 -rliiili-i- = Dan. overla;der) ; < 
ni-i r -t- leather.'] The upper-leather (of a shoe). 
Prompt. Purr., p. 3711. 
Nay, sometime 1 1 have] more feet than shoes, or such 
shoes as my toes look through the octrteather. 
Shalt., T. of the a, I nil., ii. 12. 
overleaven (6-ver-lev'n), r. t. To leaven too 
much ; cause to rise and swell too much : also 
used figuratively. 
You grow not mad withall ; I love your spirit 
You are not ocerJeaven'd with your fortune. 
B. Jonton. Volpone, v. 8. 
Some habit that too much o'er4eaveia 
The form of plausive manners. 
Shot., Hamlet, L 4. t. 
overlie (6-ver-lT), v. t. [< ME. overliggrn (= D. 
overliggi-n), < AH. iil'i-rliri/ini, < nji-i; over, + 
licgan, lie: see lie 1 .] To lie over or upon; 
hence, to smother by lying upon. [Orerlie and 
underlie are used extensively in geology with 
reference to the relative position of strata.] 
Tertiary, overlain in considerable part by detrital accu- 
mulations of still later age. 
J. 7b. Whitney, United States, p. 51. 
Eek if a womman by necllgence overlyetH hire child in 
hir slepyng, it Is homycide and deedly syune. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
overlightt (6'yer-lit), . [< over + KgJifl.] 
Too strong a light; excessive light. 
An overlight niaketh the eyes dazell. 
Bacon, Nat Hist, i 871. 
overlinesst (o'ver-li-ues), . Carelessness ; in- 
difference. 
I have seen friends upon neglect of duty grow overly : 
upon overlinegge strange ; upon strangenesse to utter defl- 
ance. Bp. Hall, Art of Divine Meditation: 
OVerlingt, . [< ME. overlyny; < over + -fin// 2 .] 
A superior; ruler; governor; lord. 
I have made a kepare, a knyghte of thyne awene, 
Overlynae of Ynglande undyre thy selvene. 
Xorte Arthure (E. E. T. 8.), L 710. 
overlinkt (6-ver-lingk'), r. t. To fasten toge- 
ther by links one over another. Richardson. 
We came at noone to a bridge made of many barges, 
ocniinked al together with two mightie chaines. 
Ilakluytt Voyagct, II. ii. 77. 
OVer-llpt (6'ver-lip), n. [< ME. orerlippe (= 
Sw. ofverlapp = Dan. overla'he); < over + 
lip.] The upper lip. 
Hire over-lippe wypede sche so clone. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., L 188. 
overlive (6-ver-liv'), r. [< ME. overliven, < AS. 
oferlibbatt (= D. MLG. overleven = MHG. G. 
iiberleben = Sw. ofccrlefva = Dan. orerlere), < 
ofer, over, + tibban, live: see live 1 .] I. traim. 
To outlive ; live longer than ; survive. 
Basilius will tiot long overlive this loss. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ill. 
Israel KIT veil the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the 
daysof the elders that overlived Joshua. Josh. xxlv. 81. 
II. intrans. 1. To live too long. 
Why do I overlive f 
Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out 
To deathless pain? Milton, P. L., X. 77S. 
2. To live too fast or too actively. Browning. 
[Bare in both senses.] 
overliver (6-ver-liv'er), n. One who survives 
or lives longer than another; a survivor. 
And if it chanced anie of them to depart this life, the 
overlium should persist therein. 
Holinthed, Rich. II., an. 1888. 
overload (6-ver-16d'), f. t. To load with too 
heavy a burden or cargo; overburden; over- 
charge. 
overload-magnet (6' ver-ldd-mag'net), w. 
Same as oi-enoau-sicitch. 
overload-switch (6'ver-lod-swich), n. A de- 
vice used in regulating the discharge of an ac- 
cumulator or storage-battery, bv the operation 
of which a too rapid discharge is prevented. 
overlook (6-ver-lok'), r. t. To turn the key in 
a lock, after locking, in such a manner as to 
push (the bolt) beyond its normal position 
when locked. 
The way to open it then Is to turn the key the other 
way, as if to averlock the bolt. Encyc, Brit., XIV. 74& 
overlook (6-ver-luk'), r. t. [< ME. overlooken ; 
< over + look 1 .] 1. To look over; view from 
a higher place; see from a higher position. 
Off with his head, and set It on York gates. 
So York may overlook the town of York. 
Shak., 8 Hen. VI., i. 4. ISO. 
I will do it with the same respect to him as If he were 
alive, and overlooking my paper while I write. Dryden. 
Half that the Devil o'erlooks from Lincoln town. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 24& 
