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Her graceful innocence, her every air 
OF gefture, or leaft aftion, over-aw'd 
His malice., Milton's P. L. 
To OVER-BAL'ANCE, v. a. To weigh down ; to pre¬ 
ponderate.—The hundred thoufand pounds per annum, 
wherein we over-balance them in trade, muft be paid us in 
money. Locke. —When thefe important conliderations are 
fet before a rational being, acknowledging the truth of 
every article, fhould a bare fingle poffibility be of weight 
enough to over-balance them ? Rogers. 
OVER-BAL'ANCE, f. Something more than equiva¬ 
lent.— Our exported commodities would, by the return, 
encreafe the treafure of this kingdom above what it can 
ever be by other means than a mighty over-balance of our 
exports to imported commodities. Temple. 
OVER-BAL'ANCING,/! An over-balance; that which 
has- a power to out-weigh. King Charles. 
OVERBAT'TLE, adj. [Of this word I know not the 
derivation ; batten is to grow fat, and to battle is at Ox¬ 
ford to feed on trull. Johnfon. —It may be from the Sax. 
batan, to bait. But Mr. Stephens fays, that bat is an an¬ 
cient Englifh word for increafe. Perhaps it is from the 
Goth, ga-batnan, to advantage. Todd.'] Too fruitful ; 
exuberant.— In the church of God fometimes it cometh 
to pafs, as mover-battle grounds; the fertile difpofition 
whereof is good, yet, becaufe it exceedefh due proportion, 
it bringeth abundantly, through too much ranknefs, things 
lefs profitable, whereby that which principally it fhould 
yield, either prevented in place or defrauded of nourifh- 
ment, failerh. Hooker. 
To OVER-BEA'R, v. a. To reprefs; to fubdue ; to 
whelm ; to bear down.-—What more favage than man, if 
he fee himfelf able by fraud to over-reach, or by power to 
over-bear, the laws ? Hooker. —Take care that the memory 
of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumul¬ 
tuous heap or over-bearmg multitude of documents at 
one time. Watts. —The horrour or loathfomnefs of an ob¬ 
ject may over-bear the pleafure which refults from its 
greatnefs, novelty, or beauty. Addifon. 
The ocean, over-peering of his lift, 
Eats not the flats with more impetuous hafte 
Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, 
O'er-bears your officers. Shakcfpeare. 
To OVER-BEN'D, v. a. To ftretch too intenfely.— 
Confumptions, upon intemperances and licentioufnefs ; 
madnefs, upon mifplacing or over-bending our natural fa¬ 
culties; proceed from ourfelves. Donne's Devot. 
To OVER-BID', v. a. To offer more than equivalent: 
You have o'er-bid all my paft fufferings, 
And all my future too. Dryden's Spavijh Friar. 
To OVER-BLO'W, v. n. To be paft its violence.—All 
thofe tempefts being over-blown, there long after arofe a 
new ftorm, which over-run all Spain. Spenfer. 
Led with delight, they thus beguile the way, 
Until the bluftering ftorm is over-blown. Spenfer. 
This ague-fit of fear is over-blown; 
An eafy talk it is to win our own. Skukefpeare's Rich. II. 
Seiz’d with fecret joy 
When ftorms are over-blown. Dryden's Virgil. 
To OVER-BLO'W, v.a. To drive away as clouds be¬ 
fore the wind : 
Some angel, that beholds her there, 
Inftruft us to record what fhe was here ; 
And, when this cloud of forrow’s over-blown, 
Through the wide world we’ll make her graces known. 
Waller. 
O'VER-BOARD, adv. Off the fliip ; out of the fhip.— 
The great affembly met again; and now, he that was the 
caufe of the tempeft being thrown over-board, there were 
hopes a calm fhould enfue. Howell. —A merchant having 
a veflel richly fraught at fea in a ftorm, there is but one 
certain way to fave it, which is, by throwing its' rich 
lading over-board. South. 
The trembling dotard to the deck he drew, 
And hoifted up, and over-board he threw; 
This done, he feiz’d the helm. Dryilen. 
To OVER-BOLL, v. a. To boil too much. 
OVER-BO'LD, adj. Too bold; impudent. 
OVER-BO'LDLY, adv. With too much boldnefs, with 
impudence.—St. Hierom reporteth, that he faw a fatyr ; 
but the truth hereof I will not raflily impugn, or over¬ 
bold ly affirm. Peacham. 
To OVER-BROW', ti,«. To hangover.—Strange fhades 
o'er-brow the vallies deep. Collins. 
OVER-BUIL'T, part. adj. Built over: 
On either fide, 
Difparted Chaos, over-built, exclaim’d. Milton. 
To OVER-BUL'K, v. a. To opprefs by bulk : 
The feeding pride, 
In rank Achilles, muft or now be cropt. 
Or, fhedding, breed a nurfery of like evils, 
To over-bulk us all. Shakefpeare'sTroil. and Creff. 
To OVER-BUR'DEN, v. a. To load with too great 
weight.—If fire were not cloyed with his company, and 
that fhe thought not the earth over-burthened with him, 
file would cool his fiery grief. Sidney. 
To OVER-BUR'N, v. a. To burn too much.—Take 
care you over-burn not the turf; it is only to be burnt fo 
as may make it break. Mortimer. 
OVER-BUS'Y, adj. Toobufy; officious.—Thefe over- 
bnfy fpirits, whofe labour is their only reward, hunt a 
fhadow and chafe the wind. Decay of Chr. Piety. 
To OVER-BUY', v.a. To buy too dear.—He over-bought 
it upon the falfe pretence of an appendant commodity, 
j Bp. Hall's Cafes of ConJ'c. 
He, when want requires, is only wife, 
Who flights not foreign aids, nor over-buys; 
But on our native ftrength,in time of need, relies. Dry den. 
To OVER-CAN'OPY, v. a. To cover as with a canopy. 
—Quite over-canopied with lufcious woodbine. Shake- 
fpeare's Midf. N. Dream. 
Where’er the rude and mofs-grown beech 
O'er.-canopies the glade. Gray. 
OVER-CA'RE, f. Solicitude; too great care: 
Poets, like lovers, fhould be bold, and dare; 
They fpoil their bufinefs with an over-care: 
And he, who fervilely creeps after fenfe. 
Is fafe, but ne’er will reach an excellence. Dryden. 
OVER-CA'REFUL, adj. Too careful. 
To OVER-CAR'RY, v. a. To hurry too far; to be urged 
to any thing violent or dangerous.—He was the king’s, 
uncle, but yet of no capacity to fucceed; by reafon 
whereof his natural affection and duty was lefs eafy to be 
over-carried by ambition. Hayivard. 
To OVER-CAST', v. a. To cloud ; to darken ; to cover 
with gloom.—Our days of age are fad and over-caft, in 
which we find that, of all our vain paffions and affedtions 
paft, the forrow only abideth. Raleigh's Hijl. of the World, 
The dawn is over-caft, the morning lours. 
And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addifon. 
To cover. This fenfe is hardly retained but by needle¬ 
women, who call that which is incircled with a thread 
over-caft. —When malice would work that which is evil, 
and, in working, avoid the fufpicion of an evil intent, the 
colour wherewith it over-cafteth itfelf is always a fair and 
plaufible pretence of feeking to further that which is 
good. Hooker. 
Their arms abroad with graymofs over-caft. 
And their green leaves trembling with every blaft. Spenfer . 
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