Chapter 1088

2. (a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. (b) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that striker makes an additional run.

Overthwart <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*thwart" (?) , a. 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors."

Dryden.

2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. " Overthwart humor."

Clarendon.

Overthwart <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*thwart" , adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong."

Chaucer.

Overthwart <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*thwart" , prep. Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another."

Milton.

Overthwart <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*thwart` , n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.]

Surrey.

</verthwart <Xpage=1025>

<?/`ver*thwart" , v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]

Overthwartly <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*thwart"ly , adv. In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.]

Peacham.

Overthwartness <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*thwart"ness , n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.]

Lord Herbert.

Over</</t <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*<?/<?/t" (?) , v. t. To tilt over; to overturn.

Overtime <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*time` (?) , n. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

Overtire <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*tire" (?) , v. t. To tire to excess; to exhaust.

Overtire <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*tire" , v. t. To become too tired.

Br. Hall.

Overtitle <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*ti"tle (?) , v. t. To give too high a title to.

Overtly <Xpage=1025>

O"vert*ly (?) , adv. Publicly; openly.

Overtoil <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*toil" (?) , v. t. To overwork.

Overtoil <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*toil" , v. t. To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.

Overtone <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*tone` (?) , n. [A translation of G. oberton . See Over , Tone .] (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic , and Tone .

Tyndall.

Overtop <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*top" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overtopped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtopping .] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To <?/ 'ertop old Pelion."

Shak.

2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.

If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. Milton.

3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.

Becon.

Overtower <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*tow"er (?) , v. t. To tower over or above.

Overtower <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*tow"er , v. i. To soar too high. [R.]

Fuller.

Overtrade <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trade" (?) , v. i. To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

Overtrading <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trad"ing (?) , n. The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

Overtread <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*tread" (?) , v. t. [AS. oferiredan .] To tread over or upon.

Overtrip <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trip" (?) , v. t. To trip over nimbly.

Overtroubled <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trou"bled (?) , a. Excessively troubled.

Overtrow <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trow" (?) , v. i. To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.]

Wyclif <?/

Overtrust <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*trust` (?) , n. Excessive confidence.

Overtrust <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*trust" , v. t. & i. To trust too much.

Bp. Hall.

Overture <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*ture (?) , [OF. overture , F. ouverture , fr. OF. ovrir , F. ouvrir . See Overt .] 1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser . "The cave's inmost overture ."

Chapman.

2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]

It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. Shak.

3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel."

Barrow.

4. (Mus.) A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture .

Overture <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*ture , v. t. To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject .

Overturn <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*turn" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overturned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overturning .] 1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building .

2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

3. To overpower; to conquer.

Milton.

Syn. -- To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish .

Overturn <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*turn` , n. The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties .

Overturnable <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*turn"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.

Overturner <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*turn"er (?) , n. One who overturns.

South.

Overvail <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*vail" (?) , v. t. See Overveil .

Overvaluation <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*val`u*a"tion (?) , n. Excessive valuation; overestimate.

Overvalue <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*val"ue (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overvalued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overvaluing .] 1. To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power."

Holyday.

2. To exceed in value. [R.]

H. Brooke.

Overveil <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*veil" (?) , v. t. To veil or cover.

Shak.

Overview <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*view` (?) , n. [Cf. Survey .] An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.]

Shak.

Overvote <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*vote" (?) , v. t. To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [R.]

Eikon Basilike.

Overwalk <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*walk" (?) , v. t. To walk over or upon.

Overwar <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*war" (?) , v. t. To defeat. [Obs.]

Warner.

Overwary <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*wa"ry (?) , a. Too wary; too cautious.

Overwash <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wash" (?) , v. t. To overflow.

Holinshed.

Overwasted <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wast"ed (?) , a. Wasted or worn out; <?/onsumed; spent [Obs.]

Drayton.

Overwatch <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*watch" (?) , v. t. 1. To watch too much.

2. To weary or exhaust by watching.

Dryden.

Overwax <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wax" (?) , v. i. To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.]

R. of Gloucester.

Overweak <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*weak" (?) , a. Too weak; too feeble.

Overwear <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wear" (?) , v. t. To wear too much; to wear out.

Drayton.

Overweary <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*wea"ry (?) v. t. To weary too much; to tire out.

Dryden.

Overweather <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*weath"er (?) , v. t. To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.]

Shak.

Overween <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*ween" (?) , v. t. [AS. oferw<?/nian . See Over , and Ween .] To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.

They that overween , And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.

Overweener <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*ween"er (?) , n. One who overweens. [R.]

The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke.

Overweening <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*ween"ing , a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly , adv. Milton . -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness , n.

Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.

Overweening <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*ween"ing , n. Conceit; arrogance.

Milton.

Overweigh <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*weigh" (?) , v. t. To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.

Drayton. Hooker.

Overweight <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*weight` (?) , n. 1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

Overweight <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*weight" , a. Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] "Of no overweight worth."

Fuller.

Overwell <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*well" (?) , v. t. To overflow.

R. D. Blackmore.

Overwet <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*wet (?) , n. Excessive wetness. [Obs.]

Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon.

Overwhelm <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*whelm" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming .]

1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

The sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps. lxxviii. 53.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Ps. lv. 5.

Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. Shak.

Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. Milton.

2. To project or impend over threateningly.

His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. Shak.

3. To cause to surround, to cover.

Papin.

Overwhelm <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*whelm` , n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]

Overwhelming <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*whelm"ing , a. Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly , adv.

Overwind <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wind" (?) , v. t. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.

Overwing <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wing" (?) , v. t. To outflank. [Obs.]

Milton.

Overwise <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*wise" (?) , a. Too wise; affectedly wise. -- O`ver*wise"ly , adv. -- O`ver*wise"ness , n.

Overwit <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wit" (?) , v. t. To outwit.

Swift.

Overword <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*word" (?) , v. t. To say in too many words; to express verbosely.

Hales.

Overwork <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*work" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overworked (?) or Overwrought (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking .] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse .

2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.

My days with toil are overwrought . Longfellow.

3. To decorate all over.

Overwork <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*work" , v. t. To work too much, or beyond one's strength.

Overwork <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*work` , n. Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.

Overworn <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*worn" (?) , p. p. & a. from Overwear , v. t. Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

Overwrest <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wrest" (?) , v. t. To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.

Shak.

Overwrestle <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wres"tle (?) , v. t. To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Overwrought <Xpage=1025>

O`ver*wrought (?) , p. p. & a. from Overwork . Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

Overzeal <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*zeal (?) , n. Excess of zeal.

Fairfax.

Overzealous <Xpage=1025>

O"ver*zeal"ous (?) , a. Too zealous.

Ovicapsule <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*cap"sule (?) , n. [ Ov um + capsule .]

1. (Anat) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Same as O\'94theca .

Ovicell <Xpage=1025>

O"vi*cell` (?) , n. [ Ovum + cell .] (Zo\'94l) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust . of Chilostoma .

Ovioular <Xpage=1025>

O*vio"u*lar (?) , a. [L. ov um an egg.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an egg.

Ovicyst <Xpage=1025>

O"vi*cyst (?) , n. [ Ov um + cyst .] (Zo\'94l.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

Ovidian <Xpage=1025>

O*vid"i*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.

Oviducal <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*du"cal (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands .

Oviduct <Xpage=1025>

O"vi*duct (?) , n. [ Ov um + duct : cf. F. oviducte .] (Anat.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes .

Oviferous <Xpage=1025>

O*vif"er*ous (?) , a. [ Ov um + -ferous : cf. F. ovif\'8are .] (Biol.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.

Oviform <Xpage=1025>

O"vi*form (?) , a. [ Ov um + -form : cf. F. oviforme .] (Biol.) Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf .

Ovigerons <Xpage=1025>

O*vig"er*ons (?) , a. [ Ov um + -gerous : cf. F. ovigere .] (Biol.) Bearing eggs; oviferous.

Ovile <Xpage=1025>

O"vile (?) , a. See Ovine .

Ovine <Xpage=1025>

O"vine (?) , a. [L. ovinus , fr. ovis sheep: cf. F. ovine .] Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

Ovipara <Xpage=1025>

O*vip"a*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Oviparous .] (Zo\'94l.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -opposed to Vivipara .

Oviparity <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*par"i*ty (?) , n. [See Oviparous .] (Biol.) Generatuon by means of ova. See Generation .

Oviparous <Xpage=1025>

O*vip"a*rous (?) , a. [L. oviparus ; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare .] (Physiol.) Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion ; -- opposed to viviparous .

Oviposit <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*pos"it (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Oviposited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing .] [See Ovum , and Posit .] To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

Oviposit <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*pos"it , v. t. To deposit or lay (an egg).

Ovipositing, Oviposition <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*pos"it*ing (?) , O`vi*po*si"tion (?) , n. The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

Ovipositor <Xpage=1025>

O`vi*pos"i*tor (?) , n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zo\'94l.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larv\'91 of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

Ovisac <Xpage=1025>

O"vi*sac (?) , n. [ Ov um + sac .] (Anat) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

Ovist <Xpage=1025>

O"vist (?) , n. (Biol.) Same as Ovulist .

Ovococcus <Xpage=1025>

O`vo*coc"cus (?) , n. ; pl. Ovococci (#) . [ Ov um + Gr. <?/ grain, seed.] (Biol.) A germinal vesicle.

Ovoid, Ovoidal <Xpage=1025>

O"void (?) , O*void"al (?) , a. [ Ov um + -oid : cf. F. ovo\'8bde .] Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple .

Ovoid <Xpage=1025>

O"void (?) , n. A solid resembling an egg in shape.

Ovolo <Xpage=1025>

O"vo*lo (?) , n. [It. ovolo , uovolo , fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule .] (Arch.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column .

&hand; In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In medi\'91val architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which are used.

Ovology <Xpage=1025>

O*vol"o*gy (?) , n. [ Ov um + -logy . Cf. F. ovologie .] That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

Ovoplasma <Xpage=1025>

O`vo*plas"ma (?) , n. [ Ov um + plasma .] (Boil.) Yolk; egg yolk.

Haeckel.

Ovotesttis <Xpage=1025>

O`vo*test"tis (?) , n. [NL. See Ovum , and Testis .] (Zo\'94l.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

Ovoviviparous <Xpage=1025>