OVERLAVISH
O"ver*lav"ish, a.
Defn: Lavish to excess.
OVERLAY
O`ver*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n.
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)
Defn: To put an overlay on.
OVERLAY
O"ver*lay`, n.
1. A covering. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Printing)