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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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Overlaying \O"ver*lay"ing\, n.
A superficial covering; a coating.
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