Definition of over

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Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..

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Press :: Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
Overgorge :: Overgorge (v. t.) To gorge to excess.
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy..
Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..
Oiled :: Oiled (a.) Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil..
Infoliate :: Infoliate (v. t.) To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Overweight :: Overweight (n.) Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
Paternalism :: Paternalism (n.) The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal..
Overrule :: Overrule (v. t.) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..
Pronubial :: Pronubial (a.) Presiding over marriage.
Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..
Overreach :: Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Daguerreotype :: Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury..
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