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like fign muft be ufed ; either a flovenly bufkin, or an 
over-flaring frounced head. A [chum. 
To OVER-STOCK', v. a. to fill too full; to crowd.— 
Had the world been eternal, it mull long ere this have 
been over-flocked, and become too narrow for the inhabi¬ 
tants. Wilkins.— Since we are fo bent upon enlarging our 
flocks, it may be worth enquiring what we (hall do with 
our wool, in cafe Barnftaple (liould be ever over-flocked . 
Swift. 
To OVER-STO'RE, v.a. To (lore with too much.— 
Filhes are more numerous than beads or birds, as appears 
by their numerous fpawn ; and, if all thefe fhould come 
to maturity, even the ocean itfelf would have been long 
fince over-flored with fifli. Hale's Orig. of Mankind, 
To OVER-STRAI'N, v.n. To make too violent efforts. 
—Crafi’us loft himfelf, his equipage, and his army, by 
over-flraining for the Parthian gold. Collier. —He wilhed 
all painters would imprint this lefion deeply in their me¬ 
mory, that, with over-firaining, and earneftnefs of finifh- 
ing theirpieces, they often did them more harm than good. 
Dry den's Dufrefnoy. 
To OVER-STRAI'N, v.a. To ftretch too far.—Con- 
feflors were apt to over-flrain their privileges, in which 
St. Cyprian made a notable (land againft them. Ayliffe. 
To OVER-STREW', v.a. To fpread over.—With all 
which feveral medicines the body of the earth is fo every¬ 
where replenilhed, yea and the furface of it fo every-where 
over-ftrewed. Fotherby's At/ieom. p. 254. 
The bottom poifon, and the top o'er-flrew'd 
With fweets. Shaltejpeave's Venus and Adonis. 
To OVER-STRI'KE, v. a. To ftrike beyond : 
For, as he in his rage him cver-flroolte, 
He, ere he could his weapon backe repair, 
His fide all bare and naked over-tooke. Spen/er. 
To OVER-SWA'Y, v.a. To over-rule; to bear down. 
—When they are the major part of a general aflembly, 
then their voices, being more in number, muft over-fway 
their judgments who are fewer. Hooker .— Great com¬ 
mand o'er-flways our order. Shakefpeare. —Some great and 
powerful nations over-fway the reft. Heylin. 
To OVER-SWELL', v.a. To rife above : 
Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'er-fwell the cup. 
I cannot drink too much of Brutus’ love. Shakefpeare. 
When his banks the prince of rivers, Po, 
Doth over-fwell, he breaks with hideous fall. Fairfax. 
To OVER-TAS'K, v.a. To burthen with too heavy 
duties or injupdions.—That office is performed by the 
parts with difficulty,becaufe they weve over-tajked. Harvey 
on Confumplions. ' 
To find out that good fhepherd, I fuppofe, 
In fuch a feant allowance of ftar-light, 
Would over-lajli the bell land-pilot’s art, 
Without the fare guefs of weil-pradis’d feet. 31ilton. 
To OVER-TAX, v.a. To tax too heavily. 
OVE R-TEEM'ED, adj. Worn down with teeming : 
A clout upon that head, 
Where late the diadem flood ; and for a robe, 
About her lank and all o'er-teemed loins, 
A blanket in th’ alarm of fear caught up. Shakefpeare. 
To OVER-TI'RE, v.a. To fubdue with fatigue: 
He his guide requefted 
As over-tir'd, to let him lean a while 
With both his arms on thofe two mafly pillars. Milton. 
To OVER-TI'TLE, v. a. To give too high a title to. 
Over-titling his own quarrels to be God’s caufe. Fuller's 
Holy War. 
To OVER-TOP', v. a. To rife above , to raife the head 
above.— O'er-top old Pelion, or the fkyifli head of blue 
Olympus. Shakefpeare's Hamlet. 
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In the dance the graceful goddefs leads ■ 
The quire of nymphs, and over-tops their heads. Dryden. 
To excel; to furpafs.—As far as the foul o'er-tops the 
body, fo far its pains, or rather mournful fenfations, ex¬ 
ceed thofe of the carcafe. Harvey. 
Who ever yet 
Have flood to charity, and display’d the effefts 
Of difpofition gentle, and of wifdom 
O'er-topping woman’s power. Shakefpeare's Hen. VIII. 
To obfeure ; to make of lefs importance by fuperior ex¬ 
cellence.—Whereas he had been heretofore an arbiter of 
Europe, he fhould now grow lefs, and be over-topped by 
fo great a conjun&ion. Bacon's Hen. VII. 
One whom you love, 
Had champion kill’d or trophy won, 
Rather than thus be over-topt, 
Would you not wifli his laurels cropt ? Swift. 
To OVER-TOW'ER, v. n. To foar too high.—-This 
mifearriage came very feafonably to abate their over-tower¬ 
ing conceits of him. Fuller's Holy War. 
To OVER-TRIP', v.a. To trip over; to walk lightly 
over: 
In fuch a night, 
Did Thifbe fearfully o'er-trip the dev/. 
And faw the lion’s fhadovv ere himfelf, 
And ran difmay’d away. Shakefpeare's Merck, of Yen. 
To OVER-TRO'W, v.n. [opejvqiupan. Sax.] To be 
over confident; to think too highly.—Lam no tiling over- 
trowynge to myfelf. Wiclijfe, 1 Cor. iv. 
To OVER-TRU'ST, v.a. To place too much reliance 
on.—Some there are that do fo over-trufl their leaders’ 
eyes, that they care not to fee with their own. Bp. Hall's 
Cafes of Confc. 
To OVER-VAL'UE, v.a. To rate at too high a price. 
—To over-value human power, is an argument of human 
weaknefs. Holijdai/. 
To OVER-VEI'L, v.a. To cover : 
The day begins to break, and night is fled, 
Whofe pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth. Shakefpeare. 
Thou mak’ft the night to over-veil the day ; 
Then favage beads creep from the filent wood : 
Then lions’ whelps lie roaring for their prey, 
And at thy powerful hand demand their food. Wbtton. 
TbOVER-VO'TE, v.a. To conquer by plurality of votes. 
—The lords and commons might be content to be over¬ 
voted by the major part of both houfes, when they had 
ufed each their own freedom. King Charles. 
To OVER-WAT'CH, v. n. To lubdue with long want 
of reft : 
Morpheus is difpatch’d ; 
Which done, the lazy monarch, over-watch'd, 
Down from his propping elbow drops his head, 
DifTolv’d in deep, and (brinks within his bed. Dryden. 
OVER-WAT'CHED, adj. Tired with too much 
watching.—While the dog hunted in the river, he had 
withdrawn himfelf, to pacify with fleep his over-watched 
eyes. Sidney. 
OVER-WE'AK, adj. Too weak ; too feeble.—Pater¬ 
nal perfuafions, after mankind began to forget the ori¬ 
ginal giver of life, became in all over-weak to redd: the firit 
inclination of evil; or after, when it became habitual, 
to conftrain it. Raleigh's Hiji. of the World. 
OVER-WE'ARY, adj. Too weary for farther exertion.. 
To OVER-WE'ARY, v.a. To fubdue with fatigue.-— 
Might not Palinurus fall adeep and drop into the fea, 
having been over-wearied with watching. Dryden. 
To OVER-WEATH'ER, v.a. To batter by violence 
of weather: 
How like a younker or a prodigal 
The fkarfed bark puts from her native bay, 
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