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overˈtrim, ˌover-ˈtrim, v.
[over- 6, 27.]
†1. trans. To overbalance (a boat). Obs.
1591Harington Orl. Fur. xxxix. lxxxii, But on another bark while they take hold, They now full fraught, and fearing overtrimming, With cruell sword..Cut of their hands.
2. To trim (a dress, etc.) too much, or with excess of trimming. Hence ˈover-ˈtrimmed ppl. a., ˈover-ˈtrimming vbl. n.
1816Jane Austen Emma II. xvii. 328, I have the greatest dislike to the idea of being overtrimmed. 1893G. Hill Hist. Eng. Dress II. 229 A tendency to over-trim. 1895Daily News 2 Aug. 6/6 Over-trimmed bodices with absolutely plain skirts. 1897Ibid. 17 Apr. 6/6 The over-trimming..of the early Victorian era. |