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overlaying 镀; 覆盖; 重复占位 镀; 覆盖; 重复占位 Overlay \ O` ver* lay"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Overlaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Overlaying}.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. [ 1913 Webster] When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. -- Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster] As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To cover ( an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold. Distinguished from to { plate}, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process. [ PJC] 3. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. [ 1913 Webster] This woman' s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. -- 1 Kings iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster] A heap of ashes that o' erlays your fire. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Printing) To put an overlay on. [ 1913 Webster]
Overlaying \ O" ver* lay" ing\, n. A superficial covering; a coating. [ 1913 Webster]
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