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overlash

verb
/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlæʃ/

Etymology

From over- + lash. Compare dialectal English lash (“extravagant”), lashing (“lavish”).

  1. inherited from *laskô✻
  2. inherited from lashe
  3. prefixed as overlash — “over + lash”

Definitions

  1. To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a…

    To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments

  2. To carry to excess.

    • to overlash in phrases

  3. To exaggerate.

    • it being well known , that they in their encomiastic speeches , as orators are wont , following the heat and gaiety of fancy , do sometimes overlash

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No curated loop yet for overlash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA