The ftropg En^etrius came in Arcite’s aid, 
And Palamon with odds was over-laid. Dryden. 
To Another with too much or too clofe covering.—The 
new-born babes by mirfes over-laid. Dryden. —To {mother; 
to crufh; to overwhelm.—Seafon the paflions of a child 
with devotion, which feldom dies; though it may feem 
extinguifhed for a while, it breaks out as foon as misfor¬ 
tunes have brought the man to himfelf. The fire may be 
covered and over-laid, but cannot be entirely quenched 
and {'mothered. Addifon's Spectator. 
The ftars, no longer over-laid with weight, 
Exert their heads from underneath the mafs, 
And upward (hoot. Dryden, 
To cloud ; to over-caft : 
Phoebus’ golden face-it did attaint, 
As when a cloud his beams doth over-lay. Spenfer. 
To cover fuperficially: 
By his prefcript, a fan&uary is fram’d 
Of cedar, over-laid with gold. Milton's P. L. 
To join by fomething laid over: 
Thou us empower’d 
To fortify thus far, and over-lay 
With this portentous bridge the dark abyfs. Milton, 
OVER-LA'YING,/ Afuperficial covering.— The over¬ 
laying of their chapiters [was] of filver, and all the pillars 
of the court were filleted with filver. Exod. xxxviii. 17. 
To OVER-LE'AP, v. a. To pafs by a jump : 
A ftep, 
On which I mull fall down, or elfe o'er-leap, 
For in my way it lies. ShakeJ'peare's Macbeth. 
In vain did Nature’s wife command 
Divide the waters from the land ; 
If daring {hips, and men profane, 
The eternal fences-oi wr-leap, 
And pafs at will the boundlefs deep. Dryden. 
O'VER-LEATHER,/ The part of the lhoe that covers 
the foot.—I have fometimes more feet than {hoes ; or fuch 
ihoesas my toes look through the over-leather. Shahefp. 
To OVER-LEAV'EN, v. a. To fwell out too much: 
What then fo fwells each limb! 
Only his clothes have over-leaven 1 d him. B. Jonfon. 
To mix too much with ; to corrupt: 
Some habit, that too much o'er-leavcns 
The form of plaufive manners. S/takeJpeare's Hamlet. 
OVER-LI'GHT, adj. Too light, either in weight or 
in fplendour ; as, an over-light guinea ; an over-light room, 
or place. 
OVER-LI'GHT,/ Too ftrong light.—An over-light 
maketh the eyes dark, infomuch as perpetual looking 
againft the fun would caufe blindnefs. Bacon. 
To OVER-LIVT, v. a. To live longer than another; 
to furvive ; to out-live.—Mufidorus, who thovved a mind 
not to over-live Pyrocles, prevailed. Sidney. 
He concludes in hearty prayers, 
That your attempts may over-live the hazard 
And fearful meeting of their oppofite. Shahefpeare. 
To OVER-LIV'E, v.n. To live too long : 
Why do I over-live? 
Why am I mock’d with death, and lengthen’d out 
To deathlefs pain ? Milton's P. L. 
OVER-LIV'ER, f. Suyvivor; that which lives longeft. 
—A peace was concluded, to continue for both the 
king’s lives, and the over-liver of them. Bacon s Hen. V 11 , 
To OVER-LO'AD, v. a. To burthen with too much. 
—The memory of youth is charged and over-loaded , and 
all they learn is mere jargon. Felton. 
Men overloaded with a large eftate 
May fpill their treafure in a nice conceit ; 
The rich may be polite, but oh! ’tisfad. 
To fay you’re curious, when we fwear you’re mad. Young. 
OVER-LONG', adj. Too long.—I have trarifgreffed the 
laws of oratory, in making my periods and paranthefes 
over-long-. Boyle. 
To OVER-LOV'E, v.a. To prize or value too much. 
—I cannot fo over-love this iflue of my own brain, as to 
hold it worthy of yourmajefty’s judicious eyes. Bp.Hall’s 
Dedic. 
OVER-LO'W, adj. Too low. 
O'VER-MAN, / in a coal-mine, the perfon who has 
the foie direftion of the under-ground economy of a pit. 
He takes his inftruftions from the viewer, and every 
perfon elfe in the pit is fubordinate to him. 
Over-man, in Scotch Law, a perfon appointed by 
arbiters, or by the parties fubmitters, to determine the 
matter fubmitted, in cafe the arbiters difagree in their 
opinion. 
OVER-MAS'TED, adj. Having the mafts too high or 
too heavy for the weight of the hull to counterbalance; 
Cloanthus, better mann’d, purfu’d him faft, 
But his o'er-majlecl galley check’d his halie. Dryden. 
To OVER-MAS'TER, v.a. To fubdue ; to govern.—- 
They are ovcr-maftered with a fcore of drunkards, the 
only foldiery left about them, or elfe comply with all the 
rapines and violences. Milton on Education. 
So deeps a pilot, whofe poor bark is preft 
With many a mercilefs o'er-majl'ring wave. Crqfhaw. 
To OVER-MAT'CH, v. a. To be too powerful; to 
conquer ; to opprefs by fuperior force.—How great foevec 
our curiofity be, our excels is greater, and does not only 
over-match, butfupplant it. Decay of Chr. Piety. 
I have feen a fwan 
With bootlefs labour fvvirn againft the tide, 
And fpend her ftrength with over-matching waves. Shake/, 
It moves our wonder, that a foreign gueft 
Should over r mateh the moft and match the beft. Dryden 
O'VER-MATCII, / One of fuperior powers; one not 
to be overcome.—Spain is no over-match. for England by 
that which leadeth all men ; that is, experience and rea- 
fon. Bacon. 
Eve was Eve ; 
This far his over-match, who, felf-deceiv’d 
And ralh, before-hand had no better weigh’d 
The ftrength he was to cope with or his own. Milton. 
To OVER-MEAS'URE, v.a. To meafure or eftimate 
too largely.—An argument, fit for great and mighty 
princes to have in their hand; to the end, that neither by 
over-meajuring their forces they leefe themfelves in vain 
enterprifes; nor, on the other fide, by undervaluing 
them, defeend to fearful and pufillanimous counfeis. Ba¬ 
con's EJf. 
OVER-MEAS'URE, f. Something given over the due 
meafure. 
To OVER-MIX', v. a. To mix with too much : 
Thofe things thefe parts o’er-rule, no joys {hall know, 
Or little pleafure over-mixt with. woe. Creech. 
OVER-MIC'KLE, adj. [Sax. opejtmicel.] Overmuch: 
a common word in the north of England. 
OVER-MOD'EST, adj. Too badiful; too referved.— 
It is the courtier’s rule, that over-modejl fuitors feldom 
{peed. Hale's JRem. 
OVER-MUCH', adj. Too much; more than enough. 
—It was the cuftom of thofe former ages, in their over¬ 
much gratitude, to advance the firft authors of any ufe- 
ful difeovery among the number of their gods. Wilkins. 
— An over-much ufe of fal ( t, befides that it occalions 
thirft and over-much drinking, has other ill effefts. Locke. 
OVER-MUCH', adv. In too great a degree.—The fault 
which we find in. them is, that they over-much abridge 
the church of her power in thefe things. Whereupon 
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