Overharden O`ver·hard"en transitive verb To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.
Overhardy O"ver·har"dy adjective Too hardy; overbold.
Overhaste O"ver·haste` noun Too great haste.
Overhasty O"ver·has"ty adjective Too hasty; precipitate; rash. --
O"ver*has"ti*ly adverb --
O`ver*has"ti*ness ,
noun
Overhaul O`ver·haul" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Overhauled ; present participle & verbal noun
Overhauling .]
1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs. 2. (Nautical) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake. To overhaul a tackle ,
to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. --
To overhaul running rigging ,
to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
Overhaul, Overhauling O"ver·haul`, O`ver·haul"ing noun A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
Overhead O`ver·head" adverb Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon
Sits arbitress.
Milton. Also used adjectively; as, an
overhead crane, gear, etc.
Overhead engine ,
a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. --
Overhead work ,
a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.
Overhead charges, expenses O"ver·head" charges, expenses etc. (Accounting) Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed , establishment , or (in a manufacturing business) administration , selling , and distribution , charges , etc.
Overhear O`ver·hear" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Overheard ;
present participle & verbal noun Overhearing .] [ Anglo-Saxon
oferhiéran .]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. 2. To hear again. ShaK.
Overheat O`ver·heat" transitive verb [ Confer
Superheat .]
To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.
Overheavy O"ver·heav`y adjective Excessively heavy.
Overhele O`ver·hele" transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
oferhelian .]
To hele or cover over. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Overhent O`ver·hent" transitive verb [ See
Hent .]
To overtake. [ Obsolete]
So forth he went and soon them overhent .
Spenser.
Overhigh O"ver·high" adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
oferheáh .]
Too high.
Overhighly O"ver·high"ly adverb Too highly; too greatly.
Overhip O`ver·hip" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Overhipped ;
present participle & verbal noun Overhipping .] [
Over + a word akin to English
hop to skip.]
To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass. [ Obsolete] "When the time is
overhipt ."
Holland.
Overhold O`ver·hold" transitive verb To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Overhung O"ver·hung" adjective 1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Carlyle. 2. Suspended from above or from the top. Overhung door ,
a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.
Overinfluence O`ver·in"flu·ence transitive verb To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.
Overinform O`ver·in·form" transitive verb To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [ R.]
Johnson.
Overissue O"ver·is"sue noun An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper.
Brougham.
Overissue O`ver·is"sue transitive verb To issue in excess.
Overjealous O`ver·jeal"ous adjective [
Over +
jealous. Confer
Overzealous .]
Excessively jealous; too jealous.
Overjoy O`ver·joy" transitive verb To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.
Overjoy O"ver·joy` noun Excessive joy; transport.
Overjump O`ver·jump" transitive verb To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston.
Overking O"ver·king` noun A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. J. R. Green.
Overknowing O"ver·know"ing adjective Too knowing or too cunning.
Overlabor O`ver·la"bor transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Overlabored ;
present participle & verbal noun Overlaboring .]
1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.
Overlade O`ver·lade" transitive verb [
imperfect Overladed ;
past participle Overladen ;
present participle & verbal noun Overlading .] [ Confer
Overload .]
To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload. Spenser.
Overland O"ver·land` adjective Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.
Overland O"ver·land` adverb By, upon, or across, land.
Overlander O"ver·land`er noun One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.
Overlanguaged O"ver·lan"guaged adjective Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.
Overlap O`ver·lap" transitive verb & i. To lap over; to lap.
Overlap O"ver·lap` noun 1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof. 2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.
Overlarge O"ver·large" adjective Too large; too great.
Overlargeness O"ver·large"ness noun Excess of size or bulk.
Overlash O`ver·lash" intransitive verb [ Confer Prov. English
lash extravagant,
lashing lavish.]
To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Overlashing O`ver·lash"ing noun Excess; exaggeration. [ Obsolete]
Overlate O"ver·late" adjective Too late; exceedingly late.
Overlave O`ver·lave" transitive verb To lave or bathe over.
Overlavish O"ver·lav"ish adjective Lavish to excess.
Overlay O`ver·lay" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Overlaid ;
present participle & verbal noun Overlaying .]
1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it.
Sir W. Raleigh. As when a cloud his beams doth overlay .
Spenser. Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.
Milton. And overlay
With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.
Milton. 2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
1 Kings iii. 19. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire.
Dryden. 3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.
Overlay O"ver·lay` noun 1. A covering. Sir W. Scott. 2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
Overlayer O"ver·lay"er noun One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
Overlaying O"ver·lay"ing noun A superficial covering; a coating.
Overlead O`ver·lead" transitive verb To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Overleap O`ver·leap" transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
oferhleápan . See
Over , and
Leap .]
To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me
o'erleap that custom."
Shak.
Overlearned O"ver·learn"ed adjective Too learned. --
O"ver*learn"ed ,
adverb --
O"ver*learn"ed*ness ,
noun
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