Definition of overlay

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Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..

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Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver..
Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Overlaying :: Overlaying (n.) A superficial covering; a coating.
Overlay :: Overlay (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
Ceil :: Ceil (v. t.) To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room..
Argentation :: Argentation (n.) A coating or overlaying with silver.
Plating :: Plating (n.) The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition..
Overlayer :: Overlayer (n.) One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
Plastering :: Plastering (n.) The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
Steely :: Steeling (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v..
Cement :: Cement (n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom..
Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense..
Steel :: Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax..
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..
Glase :: Glase (v. t.) To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like..
Overlay :: Overlay (n.) A covering.
Tin :: Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil..
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