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overlaying |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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) To put an overlay on From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overlaying \O"ver*lay"ing\, n. A superficial covering; a coating.
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