OVERLAYS
Verb
overlays
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overlay
Noun
overlays
plural of overlay
Anagrams
• layovers, lays over, overslay
Source: Wiktionary
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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