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Pronunciation : O`ver*lay"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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)

Defn: To put an overlay on.

t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : O"ver*lay`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A covering. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Printing)

Defn: A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913