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OVERLAUNCH
Etymology
Verb
overlaunch (third-person singular simple present overlaunches, present participle overlaunching, simple past and past participle overlaunched)
(shipbuilding, transitive) To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance beyond the adjacent ones, in order to strengthen the work.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
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