OVERBLOW

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.

2.
v.

To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

3.
v.

To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.

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