OVERLAYING

Verb

overlaying

present participle of overlay

Noun

overlaying (plural overlayings)

overlaid ornamentation

Anagrams

• laying over

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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