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n in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. Shak.

The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak.

A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.

Dark; obscure; gloomy. "The murkiest den." Shak. A murky deep lowering o'er our heads. Addison.

took names from their natal places. Camden. Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. Prior.

Lately; recently. He rubbed it o'er with newly gathered mint. Dryden.

The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Pope.

ins, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton.

fect figure. O was also anciently used to represent 11: with a dash over it (O O, n.; pl. O's or Oes (.

A verse containing eight feet; as, -- Deep'' in|to'' the | dark''ness | peer''ing, | long'' I | stood'' there | wond'''ring, | fear''ing. Poe.

y respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle. Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand. Drayton.

A bay window. See Bay window. The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass. Tennyson.

To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. "Brown with o'erarching shades." Pope.

To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] "Earth's o'ergazing mountains." Byron.

To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]

s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 1 Kings iii. 19. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden.

To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o'erleap that custom." Shak.