1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
OVERFLOWING
O`ver*flow"ing, n.
Defn: An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay.
OVERFLOWINGLY
O`ver*flow"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
OVERFLUSH
O`ver*flush", v. t.
Defn: To flush to excess. [R.]
OVERFLUTTER
O`ver*flut"ter, v. t.