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Webster 1913 Edition
Overblow
Oˊver-blow′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To blow over, or be subdued.
[R.]
Spenser.
2.
(Mus.)
To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
Oˊver-blow′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
When this cloud of sorrow’s
overblown
. Waller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overblow
OVERBLOW
,Verb.
I.
1.
To blow with too much violence; a seaman's phrase.2.
To blow over, or be past its violence. [Not used.]OVERBLOW
,Verb.
T.