Dictionary entry

Overflow (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O″ver‐flow′ (?), n. 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.