OVERLAYING
Verb
overlaying
present participle of overlay
Noun
overlaying (plural overlayings)
overlaid ornamentation
Anagrams
• laying over
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*lay"ing, n.
Definition: A superficial covering; a coating.
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.
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)
Definition: To put an overlay on.
O"ver*lay`, n.
1. A covering. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Printing)
Definition: A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the
impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
OVERLIE
O`ver*lie", v. t. [imp. Overlay; p. p. Overlain; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overlying.]
Definition: To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon;
as, to overlie an infant. Quain.
A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition