OVER-PRESS, To. To carry too much sail on a ship.
OVER-RAKE. When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are said to over-rake her.
OVER-RIGGED. A ship with more and heavier gear than necessary, so as to be top-hampered.
OVER-RISEN. When a ship is too high out of the water for her length and breadth, so as to make a trouble of lee-lurches and weather-rolls. Such were our 80-gun three-deckers and 44's on two decks, happily now no more.
OVER-RUNNING. (See [Under-run].) Applied to ice, when the young ice overlaps, and is driven over.
OVER-SEA VESSELS. Ships from foreign parts, as distinguished from coasters.
OVER-SETTING. The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that she falls on one side. (See [Upset].)
OVERSHOOT, To. To give a ship too much way.
OVERSLAUGH. From the Dutch overslag, meaning the bar of a river or port. Also, in military parlance, the being passed over in the roster for some recurring duty without being assigned to it in turn.
OVER-SWACK. An old word, signifying the reflux of the waves by the force of the wind.