单词 | overlash |
释义 | overlashv. Now English regional (Devon). a. intransitive. To go beyond the bounds of propriety, reasonableness, etc., esp. in language; to behave extravagantly; to exaggerate. Cf. lash v.1 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 outragea1387 surfeitc1400 outraya1450 exceed1488 lasha1560 overlash1579 overlaunch1579 wanton1631 extravagate1829 wallow1876 to hit the high spots1891 to go overboard1931 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 143/1 The worde..signifieth moderation and gravitie, as when men doe not overlashe and give them selves to all wickednesse. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 74 But whether now? thy verses ouerlash. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 257 Who..thinks,..in this reckoning, he did overlash. 1701 J. Sage Vindic. Disc. Princ. Cyprianic Age ii. 44 The excellent rhetorick they were endowed with, made them overlash sometimes in their Expressions. b. transitive. To go beyond, exceed (a limit). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) transcenda1340 exceedc1374 overwenda1375 overpassa1382 passc1390 to pass beyond ——1429 outreacha1568 overlash1581 pretergress1583 outrun1589 overslipa1592 surpass1592 to step over ——1599 outstep?1611 outstrip1612 overrun1612 outpass1635 pose1636 over-burst1856 overact1858 overstride1925 1581 W. Charke Replie to Censure sig. Mviiiv Neyther doeth my ȝeale ouerrunne my witte..or my malice overlash all reason. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel Ep. Ded. sig. *2v That either they, or our selues should once ouer-lash the limits alotted vnto vs. 2. intransitive. English regional (Devon). Of a horse: to strike the back of the fore hoof with the front of the hind hoof. ΚΠ 1893 F. T. Elworthy 13th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 25 198 ‘Is that horse's shoe loose?’..‘No, ma'am; he only seems to overlash a bit.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1579 |
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