OVERCAST

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly. Dryden.

2.
v.

To compute or rate too high. Bacon.

3.
v.

To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.


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