Found 2 items, similar to Overlaid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: overlaid overlay n : protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior [syn: sheathing, overlayer] v 1: put something on top of something else; “cover the meat with a lot of gravy” [syn: cover] 2: kill by lying on; “The sow overlay her piglets” [syn: overlie] [also: overlaid] overlay See overlie [also: overlaid] overlaid See overlay
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overlaid Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. [1913 Webster] When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To cover (an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold. Distinguished from to plate, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process. [PJC] 3. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. [1913 Webster] This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. --1 Kings iii. 19. [1913 Webster] A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. (Printing) To put an overlay on. [1913 Webster]