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) To put an overlay on.