Tempest, i. 2.

To overtake; to cote; to

Madam, it so fell out, that certain players

We o'er-raught on the way: of these we told him.

Hamlet, iii. 1.

Upon my life, by some device or other
The villain is o'er-raught of all my money.
Comedy of Errors, i. 2.

We'll over-reach the greybeard, Gremio,
The narrow-prying father, Minola,
The quaint musician, amorous Licio;
All for my master's sake, Lucentio.

Taming of the Shrew, iii. 2.
TO OVER-RED. To redden; to smear with red.
Go prick thy face, and over-red thy fear,
Thou lily-liver'd boy.

Henry 6, P. 1, ii. 5.

TO OVERPEER. To look over; to look down

upon.

There, where your argosies with portly sail

Do overpeer the petty traffickers,

That curt'sy to them, do them reverence,

OVERSCUTCHED. Overwhipt.

Macbeth, v. 3.

Henry 4, P. 2, i. 1.

'A came ever in the rearward of the fashion; and sung those tunes to the overscutched huswives that he heard the carmen whistle, and sware they were his Fancies or his Good-nights.

Henry 4, P. 2, iii. 2.

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OYES.

OVERWEENING. Insolent; presuming; eager; impetuous.

Here's an overweening rogue! Twelfth-Night, ii. 5.
Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur

Run back and bite, because he was withheld;
Who, being suffer'd with the bear's fell paw,
Hath clapp'd his tail between his legs and cried.
Henry 6, P. 2, v. 1.

OVERWORN. Worn out; stale.

I might say element, but the word is overworn.
Twelfth-Night, iii. 1.
The jealous o'erworn widow and herself
Are mighty gossips in this monarchy.

OVERWRESTED.

Richard 3, i. 1.

Overstrained; extravagant.

This shameful lodging. King Lear, ii. 2. Poor knave, I blame thee not; thou art o'erwatch'd. Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. TO OVERWEEN. To think with To think with arrogance; to

Ibid. iii. 3.

presume.
Mowbray, you overween to take it so ;
This offer comes from mercy, not from fear.
Henry 4, P. 2, iv. 1.
My eye's too quick, my heart o'ereens too much,
Unless my hand and strength could equal them.
Henry 6, P. 3, iii. 2.