To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

Overboil
(O`ver*boil") v. i. To boil over or unduly.

Nor is discontent to keep the mind
Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil
In the hot throng.
Byron.

Overbold
(O`ver*bold") a. Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak.O"ver*bold"ly, adv.

Overbookish
(O"ver*book"ish) a. Excessively bookish.

Overbounteous
(O"ver*boun"te*ous), a. Bounteous to excess.

Overbow
(O`ver*bow") v. t. To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.] Fuller.

Overbreed
(O`ver*breed") v. t. To breed to excess.

Overbrim
(O`ver*brim") v. i. To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]

Overbrow
(O`ver*brow") v. t. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow.

Did with a huge projection overbrow
Large space beneath.
Wordsworth.

Overbuild
(O`ver*build") v. t.

1. To build over. Milton.

2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.

Overbuilt
(O`ver*built") a. Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

Overbulk
(O`ver*bulk") v. t. To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

Overburden
(O`ver*bur"den) v. t. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.

Overburden
(O"ver*bur`den), n. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.

Overburdensome
(O"ver*bur"den*some) a. Too burdensome.

Overburn
(O`ver*burn") v. t. & i. To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Over-busy
(O"ver-bus"y) a. Too busy; officious.

Overbuy
(O`ver*buy") v. t.

1. To buy too much.

2. To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.

Overcanopy
(O`ver*can"o*py) v. t. To cover as with a canopy. Shak.

Overcapable
(O`ver*ca"pa*ble) a. Too capable. [R.]

Overcapable of such pleasing errors.
Hooker.

Overboard
(O"ver*board`) adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.


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