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o rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. Shak.

To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

To cover with viscid matter. [R.] O'ersized with coagulate gore. Shak.

lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.

me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Ps. lv. 5. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. Shak. Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. Milton.

color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.

To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.] To bring a palpèd darkness o'er the earth. Heywood.

A leopard; a panther. And more pinch-spotted make them Than pard or cat o'mountain. Shak.

rt; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from. He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. Shak. He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. Macaulay. His precious bag, which he would by no means part from. G. Eliot.

To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces. [Obs.] P. Plowman. "I'll pash him o'er the face." Shak.

Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour. Is it not past two o'clock Shak.

al; appropriate. While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat. Milton. My fate is Juno's most peculiar care. Dryden.

, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. -- Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]

One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. Who's there peepers, . . . eavesdroppers J. Webster.

A large building, or mass of buildings. The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight. Dryden.

ho undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage. "I am Grumio's pledge." Shak.

es of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.

ving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. Dryden.

figuratively, to travel in haste. "Post seedily to my lord your husband." Shak. And post o'er land and ocean without rest. Milton.

pability; efficacy; influence. "Drugs of potency." Hawthorne. A place of potency and away o' the state. Shak.