Overlaid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              When any country is overlaid by the multitude which
              live upon it.                         --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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              As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser.
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              Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.   --Milton.
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              And overlay
              With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Specifically: To cover (an object made of an inexpensive
        metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an
        expensive metal, especially with silver or gold.
        Distinguished from to {plate}, which is done by a chemical
        or electrical deposition process.
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     3. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
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              This woman's child died in the night; because she
              overlaid it.                          --1 Kings iii.
                                                    19.
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              A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden.
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     4. (Printing) To put an overlay on.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overlay
       n : protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of
           boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to
           strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a
           weatherproof exterior [syn: {sheathing}, {overlayer}]
       v 1: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with
            a lot of gravy" [syn: {cover}]
       2: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn: {overlie}]
       [also: {overlaid}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overlay
       See {overlie}
       [also: {overlaid}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overlaid
       See {overlay}