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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ō'ver-shād'ōw-y, a.p. 932Excessively or unduly shady.
  2. Ō'ver-shāk'e, v. t.p. 932To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  3. Ō'ver-shīne', v. t.p. 932To outshine. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. Ō'ver-shōe, n.p. 932A shoe worn over another; especially, a shoe of India-rubber, or other water-proof material, worn over another shoe to protect it from moisture.
  5. Ō'ver-shōot', v. t.p. 932To shoot beyond, as a mark. 2. To pass swiftly over. 3. To cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] Death! Colonel, I knew you were overshot. Chapman. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to…
  6. Overshot wheelp. 932a wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over, or flows upon the top of it, filling the buckets and acting by its weight only.
  7. Ō'ver-shōot', v. i.p. 932To fly beyond the mark.
  8. Ō'ver-sight, n.p. 932Watchful care; superintendence. 2. Mistake; an overlooking; omission; error. 3. A being overlooked; an escape. “His fool-happy oversight.” Spencer. Syn.—Superintendence; supervision; inspection…
  9. Ō'ver-sīze', v. t.p. 932To exceed or surpass in bulk or size. [Obs.] Sandys. 2. To cover with viscid matter. [Rare.] Shak.
  10. Ō'ver-skĭp′, v. t.p. 932To skip or leap over; to pass by leaping. Hooker. 2. To pass over. Donne. 3. To escape. Shak.
  11. Ō'ver-skĭp'per, n.p. 932One who overskips.
  12. Ō'ver-slaugh', n.p. 932A bar in a river rendering the passage of vessels difficult at low water; particularly, such a bar in the Hudson River, a little below Albany. [Amer.] Bartlett.
  13. Ō'ver-slaugh', v. t.p. 932To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or unexpected impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body, that is, to hinder or stop its passage by some opposition; to overslaugh a military…
  14. Ō'ver-sleep', v. t.p. 932To sleep beyond or by; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.
  15. Ō'ver-sleep', v. i.p. 932To sleep too long.
  16. Ō'ver-slīde', v. t.p. 932To slide over or by.
  17. Ō'ver-slīght', a.p. 932Excessively slight; too light or unsubstantial.
  18. Ō′ver-slip′, v. t.p. 932To slip or pass without notice; to pass undone, unnoticed, or unused; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
  19. O'ver-slow', v. t.p. 932To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.
  20. Ō′ver-sman, n.p. 932An overseer; a superintendent. [Scot.] 2. (Scots Law.) An umpire. Burrill.
  21. Ō'ver-snōw', v. t.p. 932To cover with snow. 2. Hence, to whiten, as with snow; to make hoary.
  22. Ō'ver-sōon', adv.p. 932Too soon.
  23. Ō'ver-sŏr'rōw, v. t.p. 932To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.
  24. Ō'ver-spăn', v. t.p. 932To reach or extend over.
  25. O'ver-spēak', v. t.p. 932To speak longer than.
  26. Ō'ver-spēak', v. i.p. 932To speak too much; to use too many words.
  27. Ō'ver-spin', v. t.p. 933To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
  28. Ō′ver-sprēad′, v. t.p. 933To spread over; to cover over; as, the deluge overspread the earth. 2. To scatter over.
  29. Ō′ver-spread′, v. i.p. 933To be spread or scattered over.
  30. Ō'ver-sprĭng', v. t.p. 933To spring or leap over.
  31. Ō′ver-stānd′, v. t.p. 933To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price, or hard conditions. [Obs.] Here they shall be if you refuse the price: What madman would o’erstand his…
  32. Ō'ver-stāre', v. i.p. 933To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.
  33. Ō'ver-stāte', v. t.p. 933To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
  34. Ō'ver-stāte'ment, n.p. 933An exaggerated statement or account.
  35. Ō/ver-stāy', v. t.p. 933To stay longer than; to stay beyond the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.
  36. Ō'ver-stĕp', v. t.p. 933To step over or beyond; to exceed.
  37. Ō'ver-stŏck, n.p. 933More than is sufficient; superabundance. Tatler.
  38. Ō′ver-stŏck′, v. t.p. 933To fill too full; to crowd; to supply with more than is wanted; as, to overstock a market with goods, a farm with cattle, or land with seed.
  39. Ō/ver-stōre′, v. t.p. 933To store with too much; to supply or fill with superabundance.
  40. Ō'vēr-stō'ry, n.p. 933(Arch.) The clear-story, or upper story.
  41. Ō'-ver-strāin', v. i.p. 933To strain to excess; to make too violent efforts. Dryden.
  42. Ō'/ver-strāin', v. t.p. 933To stretch too far. Ayliffe.
  43. Ō'ver-strāit'ly, adv.p. 933With excessive strictness; too straitly. [Obs.] He found himself overstraitly tied up by them with hard conditions. Raleigh.
  44. Ō'ver-straw', v. t.p. 933To overstrew. [Obs.]
  45. Ō'ver-strew', v. t.p. 933To spread or scatter over. Shak.
  46. Ō'ver-strĭct', a.p. 933Excessively strict; unnecessarily strict.
  47. Ō′ver-strīde′, v. t.p. 933To stride over, across, or beyond.
  48. Ō'ver-strīke', v. t.p. 933To strike beyond. [Obs.]
  49. Ō'ver-strōng', a.p. 933Unduly or excessively strong.
  50. Ō’ver-strōw’, v. t.p. 933To strow upon; to cover by strowing or spreading over.
  51. Ō'ver stū'di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 933Excessive studiousness.
  52. Ō'ver-stūffed', a.p. 933Stuffed to excess.
  53. O'ver-sūb'tile, a.p. 933Excessively subtile.
  54. Ō'ver-sūm, n.p. 933The sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  55. Ō′ver-sū′per-stĭ′tious, a.p. 933Excessively superstitious.
  56. Ō’ver-sup-plȳ’, v. t.p. 933To furnish more than is sufficient. Melmoth.
  57. Ō'ver-sup-plȳ', n.p. 933An excessive supply; a supply beyond demand. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities above the demand, so far as demand consists in means of payment, is thus shown to be an impossibility.…
  58. Ō'ver-sure′, a.p. 933Excessively sure; too confident.
  59. Ō'ver-swarm'ing, a.p. 933Swarming to excess.
  60. Ō'ver-swāy', v. t.p. 933To overrule; to bear down; to control. Hooker.