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Definition of Overlaying
1. n. A superficial covering; a coating.
Definition of Overlaying
1. Verb. (present participle of overlay) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlaying
1. overlay [v] - See also: overlay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlaying
Literary usage of Overlaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"... and at one glance either convince itself that all is right, or detect the
error of any one part overlaying another ; an error which would most certainly ..."
2. A Practical Treatise Upon Modern Printing Machinery and Letterpress Printing by Frederick John Farlow Wilson, Douglas Grey (1888)
"... plates from underneath as to enable the rollers to touch evenly the entire
surface. The impression could really be equalised by means of overlaying, ie, ..."
3. Legal Medicine by Charles Meymott Tidy (1884)
"I have myself known several cases where at first the death of infants has been
supposed to be due to intentional overlaying on the part of the mother ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"The Gothic or the Tudor style of architecture must always be grand or pleasing
when there is no overlaying with ornament, and when a suitable material is ..."
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