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▪ I. overblown, ppl. a.1
[From overblow v.1]
1. Blown over; that has passed away.
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. v. ii. 3 To smile at scapes and perils ouerblowne. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. E vij, The Clergie's mallice (not o're-blowne) will haue me.
2. Inflated, swollen to excess (with vanity, etc.).
1864Kingsley Rom. & Teut. iii. (1875) 83 Overblown with self-conceit. 1929R. Bridges Testament of Beauty iii. 55 The empty mind may float lightly in the full moonshine of o'erblown affluence. 1971New Yorker 30 Oct. 25/2 This overblown, frolicsome Western [film].
3. Metallurgy. In the Bessemer steel process: Injured or burnt by continuance of the blast after all the carbon has been removed from the metal.
1879Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 156 The paper admitted that ferrous oxide was employed in the process, and he should wish to ask..how much of it was produced by oxidation in an overblown charge. 1946Ibid. CLII. 9p A later shut-off results in overblown metal. 1951G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel II. ii. 21 It is claimed that this application has reduced the likelihood of over⁓blown heats and considerably improved the control of quality. 1958A. D. Merriman Dict. Metallurgy 222/2 If the blast is allowed to continue after this, oxidation of part of the iron occurs and the charge is then overblown.
▪ II. ˈoverˈblown, ppl. a.2
[f. over- 28 c + blown ppl. a.2]
Too much blown, more than full blown.
1616B. Jonson Epigr. xcvii, His rosy ties and garters so o'erblown. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Malta v. i, Thus over-blown, and seeded, I am rather Fit to adorn his chimney than his bed. 1821Shelley Adonais xxxiii, His head was bound with pansies over-blown. 1844E. B. Browning Poems II. 121 From those over⁓blown faint roses, Not a leaf appeareth shed. 1916Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 260 The great overblown scarlet flowers of the tattered wallpaper. 1933Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. LVIII. 232 No useful purpose is served by leaving the flowers until they are in the overblown condition. 1960P. Gallico Mrs. Harris goes to N.Y. 178 Tired greens, dispirited cabbages and overblown sprouts. 1976‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die v. 39 A creamy, overblown peach blonde. |