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Webster 1913 Edition
Overcast
Oˊver-cast′
(ōˊvẽr-kȧst′)
, Verb.
T.
1.
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that
overcast
your morn shall fly. Dryden.
2.
To compute or rate too high.
Bacon.
3.
(Sewing)
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overcast
OVERC'AST
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom.The clouds that overcast our morn shall fly.
2.
To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high.The king in his account of peace and calms did much overcast his fortunes -
3.
To sew over.OVERC'AST
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The dawn is overcast.
Our days of age are sad and overcast.