OVERBLEW

Verb

overblew

simple past tense of overblow

Anagrams

• blew over

Source: Wiktionary


OVERBLOW

O`ver*blow", v. i.

1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

O`ver*blow", v. t.

Definition: To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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