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Show OV VW Somccommons are barren the nature s fuch And fome ever-layeth the commons too much ‘fl{flr'f Not only that mercy which kccp.cth from bein «ever-laid and oppreft, but mercy \\:hlch faveth fro Hosker being touched with grievous miferies _When any country 1s o~:z:er~/mr[ by the multitud which live upon it \‘hcrf: is a natural neceflity com pelling it to difburthen itfelf and lay the load upo others R:l[L"'gZV We praife the things we hear th}} much mor willingnefs than thofe we fee; becu.ule'\\'c envy th prefent, and reverence the paft; thinking ourfelve inftrued by the one, and over-/aid by the other Good law ha Ben Fonfon been antiquated by the courfe o time, or ¢ver-laid by the corruption of manners King Charles King Charles Out fins have swerlaid our hopes The ftrong Emetrius came in Arcite's aid blw And Palamon with odds was ower-laid Diyden g, To fmother with too much or too clof covering Nor then deftroys it with too fond a ftay Like mothers, which their infants vver-lay. Milton The new -born babes by nurfes over-laid. Dryd 3.-To fmother 5 to crufh to overwhelm They quickly ftifled and ower-laid thofe infan principles of piety and virtue, fown by God in thei hear ;. sfo that they brought a voluntary darknef and ftupidity upon their minds. South's Sermons The gods have made your noble mind for me And her infipid foul for Ptolemy A heavy lump of earth without defire A heap of athes that o'¢r-Jays your fire Dryden The ftars, no longer ower-laid with weight Exert their heads from underneath the mafs And upward fhoot Dryden Seafon the paflions of a child with devotion which feldom dies; though it may feem extinguifhe fo a while, it breaks out as foo as misfortune have brought the man to himfelf The fire ma be covered and ower-/aid, but cannot be entirel quenched and fmothered Addifon's Spectator In preaching, no men fucceed better than thof ‘wh truft to the fund of their ow reafon ad vanced but not sver-/aid by commerce with books Sawift 4. To cloud; to over-caft Spenfer 5. To cover fuperficially The over-laying of their chapiters was of filver and all the pillars were filleted with filver. Exodus By his prefeript a fantuary is fram' Of cedar, over-luid with gold Milton 6. To join by fomething laid over Thou us impower' To fortify thus far, and over-lay With this portentous bridge, the dark abyfs i [over and Jeap. Shakefpeare's Macheth In vain did Nature's wife comman Divide the waters from thelan If daring fhips and men prophan TR eternal fences over-leap And pafs at will the boundlefs deep Dryden OVERLEATHER, #. /. [over an leather. he part of the fhoe that covers th foot 1 hay e fometimes more feet t an thoes; or fuc thoes ag my toes look throu h the ower-learher o Shake[peare VERLY'GHT, 7 / Too ftrong light [ove an Jight. N over-light maketh the eyes dark, infomuc T to furvive out-live Mufidorus wh fhewed a min t not to ower-liv Pyrocles, prevailed Sidney He concludes in hearty prayers That your attempts may over-fiv the hazar And | fearful meeting of their oppo ite Skake[peare They over-lived that envy, and had their par‘dr)ns afterwards Hayward 70 OVERLI'VE Wh @. n do T ewer-live 'To live too long Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd ou To deathlefs pain Milten's Paradife Lofs OVERLI'VER. 2. /. [from over-live. vivor Sur that which lives longeft A peace was concluded, to continue for both th kings lives, and the over-/iver of them Bacon 7o OverLo'ap. @.a. [over an To burthen with too much lad. The memory of youth is charged and owerloaded, and all they learn is meer jargon Felton Men ower-loaded with a large eftat May fpill their treafure in a nice concei The rich may be polite but oh Overro'~e. adj long [over and long. To I have tranfgrefled the laws of oratory, in makin my periods and parenthefes over-long Boyle 70 OVERLO'OK. @.a. [ower and /ook. 1. To view from a higher place The pile o'er-look'd the town, and drew the fight Surpris'd at once with rev'rence and delight. Dryd I will do it with the fame refpeét to him, as i he were alive, and over-looking my paper while write Dryden z. To examine by the eye to perufe Wou'd I had o'er-look'd the letter. = Shakefpeare 3. To fuperintend to over-fee Hewas prefent in perfon to over-lock the magiferates, and to overawe thofe {ubjects with the terro of his fword Spenfer In the greater out-parifhes many of the poor parifhioners through negle¢t do perith, for want o fome heedful eye to ower-/ook them Graunt The timeand care that are required, To over-look and file, and polith well Fright poets from that neceffary toil 5. To pafs by indulgently A Perpetual looking againft the fun woul indnefs cauf OvERLi'V& E, o, 4. [ove and /iwe.] T Rofcommon This part of good-nature which confifts in th pardoning and swer-/ooking of faults, is to be exercifed only in doing ourfelves juftice in the ordinar commerce of life Addifon In vain do we hope that God will swer-/ook fuc high contradi€ion of finners, and pardon offence committed againft the plain convi&ions of con{cience Rogers 6. To negle&; to flight th tw relations Chrif oswer-looke th meaner, and denominated them folely from th more honourable South To ower-lok the entertainment before him, an languifh for that which lies out of the way, is fickly and fervile Collier The fuffrage of our poet laureat thould not b over-looked Addifon Religious fear, when produced by juft apprehenfions of a divine power, naturally gwer-looks all human greatnefs that ftands in competition with it and extinguithes every other terror Addifon The happieft of mankind, over-looking thofe foli bleflings which they already have, fet their heart upon fomewhat they want Arterbury ‘They ower-look truth in the judgments they paf on adverfity and profperity The temptations tha attend the former they can eafily fec, and dread a a diftance; but they have no apprehenfions of th dangerous confequences of the latter Aiterbury OvERLOOKER Th 7. /. [ower and look. original word fignifie one who ftands higher than his fellows and overlooks them Watts O'veriLoop #./. The fame with orlsp In extremity we carry our ordnance better tha we were wont, becaufe our nether ower-logps ar raifed commonly from the water; to wit, betwee the lower part of the port and the fea Ovurma'sTED. adj [owver an Having too much matft an cver-loker o Raleigh maj. Cloanthus better mann'd, purfu'd him faft But his o'er-mafted gally check'd his hafte. Dryder o OVERMA'STER. v. a. [over and mafier. To fubdue ; to govern For your defire to know what is between us O'er-mafler it as you may Shakefpeare's Hamlet So fleeps a pilot, whofe poor bark is pref ith manya mercilefs o'er -maff ring wave. Crafpav € over- red with a {core of drunlards the only foldiery left about them, or elfe compl with all rapines and violences. Milton on Educatio 7o Overma'rcH, v. a. [over and match. To be too powerful; to conquer; t opprefs by {uperior force 'tis fad To fay you're curious, when we fwear you're mad Young O On \:vhichI muft fall dgwn ot elfe 0'cr-leap For in my way it lies live longer than another 4. To review Phebus' golden face it did attaint As when a cloud his beams doth cver-lay 7o OvERLE AP. w. 4 ~ To pafs by a jump V I have feen a{fwa With bootlefs labour fwim againft the tide And fpend her ftrength with over-matcbing waves Shakefpeare Sir William Lucy, with m Set from our o'cr-match'd forces forth for aide Shake Affitt, left I who erf Thought none my equal, now be over-match'd Paradife Regained How great foever our curiofity be, our excefs i greater, and does not only swer-match, but fupplan it Decay of Piety He from that length of time dire omens drew Of Englith ower-match'd, and Dutch too ftrong Who never fought three days but to purfue. Dryd It moves our wonder, that a foreign guef Should over-match the moft, and match the beft Dryden Overma'rcH. #. /o [over and match. One of fuperior powers; one not to b overcaome Spain is no ower-match for England, by tha which leadeth all men ; that is, experience an reafon Bacon Eve was his over-match, who felf-deceiv' And rafh, before-hand had no better weigh' The ftrength he was to cope with or his own. Ai% In a little time there will fcarce be a woman o quality in Great-Britain, who would not be an swer match for an Irifh prieft Over-ME‘asURE Jure. #. / Addifon [over and mea Something given over the du meafure Z0 OVER-MI'X. @. a. [owe T'o mix with too much an mix. Thofe things thefe parts o'er-rule, no joys fhal know Or little meafure swer-mixt with woe Creech OVERMO'ST. adj. [over and moff.] Higheft; over the reft in authority Ainjaw OverMU'cH. adj. [over and much.] To much ; more than enough It was the cuftom of thofe furmer ages, in thei over-much gratitude, to advance the firft authers o an ufeful difcovery amon the number of their godse Wilkins An ower-much ufe of falt, befides that it occafion thirft and ower-much drinking, has other ill effe@s Locke OverMu'cH adv In too great a degree ‘The fault which we find in them 1is, that the ower-much abridge the church of her power in thef things. Whereupon they re-charge us, as ifin thef things we gave the church a liberty which hath n limits or bounds Hooker Perhap T alfo erred, in ower-much admirin What feem'd in thee fo perfe@, that I though No evil durft attempt thee. Milton's Paradife Loff li Deje¢ |