Overshine
O′ver‐shine″ (?), v. t. 1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak.2. To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Overshoe
O″ver‐shoe′ (?), n. A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.
Overshoot
O′ver‐shoot″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Overshooting.] 1. To shoot over or beyond. “Not to overshoot his game.” South.2. To pass swiftly over; to fly b...
Overshoot (2)
O′ver‐shoot″, v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
Overshot
O″ver‐shot′ (?), a. From Overshoot, v. t.Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water whi...
Overshot (2)
O″ver‐shot′, a.(Zoöl.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; — said of the jaws of some dogs.
Oversight
O″ver‐sight′ (?), n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker.3. Escape from an overlooked peril. “His fool-happy ...
Oversize
O′ver‐size″ (?), v. t. To surpass in size.
Oversize (2)
O′ver‐size″, v. t. To cover with viscid matter.O'ersized with coagulate gore. Shak.
Overskip
O′ver‐skip″ (?), v. t. To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. Shak.
Overskirt
O″ver‐skirt′ (?), n. An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
Overslaugh
O″ver‐slaugh′ (?), n. [D. overslag.] A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. Bartlett.
Overslaugh (2)
O′ver‐slaugh″, v. t. [D. overslaan.] To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, t...
Oversleep
O′ver‐sleep″ (?), v. t. To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.
Oversleep (2)
O′ver‐sleep″, v. i. To sleep too long.
Overslide
O′ver‐slide″ (?), v. t. To slide over or by.
Overslip
O′ver‐slip″ (?), v. t. To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
Overslop
O″ver‐slop′ (?), n. [AS. oferslop.] An outer garment, or slop. Chaucer.
Overslow
O′ver‐slow″ (?), v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb. Hammond.
Overslow (2)
O″ver‐slow″, a. Too slow.
Oversman
O″vers‐man (?), n.; pl.Oversmen (�).1. An overseer; a superintendent.2. (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.
Oversnow
O′ver‐snow″ (?), v. t. To cover with snow, or as with snow. Shak.Dryden.
Oversoon
O″ver‐soon″ (?), adv. Too soon. Sir P. Sidney.
Oversorrow
O′ver‐sor″row (?), v. t. To grieve or afflict to excess. Milton.
Oversoul
O″ver‐soul′ (?), n. The all-containing soul.That unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.
Oversow
O′ver‐sow″ (?), v. t. [AS. ofersawan.] To sow where something has already been sown.His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. x�ii. 25. (Douay Version).
Overspan
O′ver‐span″ (?), v. t. To reach or extend over.