overlay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overlay	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for overlay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overlay n protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior Synonym(s): sheathing, overlay, overlayer a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface v put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" Synonym(s): overlay, cover kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" Synonym(s): overlie, overlay
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlying}.] To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. --Quain. A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlay \O`verlay"\, 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. When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. --Sir W. Raleigh. As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser. Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. --Milton. And overlay* With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. --Milton. 2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. --1 Kings iii. 19. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden. 3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlay \O"ver*lay`\, n. 1. A covering. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.