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† overˈsile, v. Obs. Chiefly Sc.
Also 6 -syle.
[f. over- 8, 1 (b) + sile, syle, obs. forms of ceil v.]
1. trans. To cover over; to conceal, hide.
a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. xxxix, My solace sall I sleylie thus oursyle [rimes begyle, quhyle]. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 359 Wodis wyld, And ron and roche with mony rammall ouirsyld. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith i. in Sylvester's Wks. (1621) 695 Ere I my malice cloke or oversile.
2. To obscure or dim the physical or mental sight; hence, to blind mentally, delude, beguile.
c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 40 Be the wy that all the warld wrocht, Maist witt hes hie that moniest owrsylis. a1584Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 418 Fuil-haist ay almaist ay Ouirsylis the sicht of sum. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 34 Sathan, thou Prince of darknesse, hast so ouer-sylled the dimmed eies of their wretched soules.
3. ? To overtop, exceed, surpass.
1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith i. in Sylvester's Wks. (1621) 691 The height and beauty did surpass, And overseilde the famous work of Pharie, Ephesus Temple.
Hence † overˈsiling vbl. n., overarching, arched roof; ppl. a., overarching, covered in.
1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 267 The ouersilings loaden with Mosaick worke. Ibid. x. 440 Faire Arbors, spacious ouersiling walkes, and incorporate Trees of interchanging growths. |