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Overblow

Ō'ver-blōw', v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. OVERBLEW; p. p. OVERBLOWN; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERBLOWING.]

(Naut.) To blow with too much violence; to blow with so much violence that the topsails can not be used.
To blow over, or be past its violence. [Rare.]

verbtransitive

v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind. “And when this cloud of sorrow’s overblown.” Waller.