Overking, ō′vėr-king, n. a king holding sway over inferior kings or princes.
Overknee, ō′vėr-nē, adj. reaching above the knee, as waders, &c.
Overlabour, ō-vėr-lā′bur, v.t. to labour excessively over: to be too nice with: to overwork.
Overlade, ō-vėr-lād′, v.t. to load with too great a burden.
Overlaid, ō-vėr-lād′, adj. (her.) lapping over.
Overland, ō′vėr-land, adj. passing entirely or principally by land, as a route, esp. that from England to India by the Suez Canal, rather than by the Cape of Good Hope.
Overlap, ō-vėr-lap′, v.t. to lap over: to lay so that the edge of one rests on that of another.—n. O′verlap (geol.), a disposition of strata where the upper beds extend beyond the bottom beds of the same series.
Overlaunch, ō-vėr-lawnsh′, v.t. to unite timbers by long splices or scarfs.
Overlay, ō-vėr-lā′, v.t. to spread over or across: to cover completely: to smother by lying on (for overlie): to use overlays in printing: to cloud: to overwhelm or oppress: to span by means of a bridge.—ns. O′verlay, a piece of paper pasted on the impression-surface of a printing-press, so as to increase the impression in a place where it is too faint: (Scot.) a cravat; Overlay′ing, a superficial covering: that which overlays: plating.
Overleaf, ō′vėr-lēf, adv. on the other side of the leaf of a book.