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To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton.

To weary out. Cowley.

To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of…

Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. --O`ver*bear"ing*ly, adv. -- O`ver*bear"ing*ness, n.

Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.

To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.

Too learned. -- O"ver*learn"ed, adv. -- O"ver*learn"ed*ness, n.

To search all over.

To wear too much; to wear out. Drayton.

To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden.

A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.

Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.

One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

yrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below. Pear blight.

Of the form of a pear.

See Perch.

To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See Purl. Pearl stitch. See Purl stitch, under Purl.

Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.