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单词 overstrike
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overstriken.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəstrʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstraɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overstrike v.
Etymology: < overstrike v. Compare overstriking n.With sense 2 compare strike-over n. at strike v. Compounds.
1. Numismatics. An overstruck coin.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > recoinage or a reimpression
recoinage1622
restrike1875
overstrike1932
overstriking1943
1932 Proc. Brit. Acad. 18 212 Sextantes, with mint-marks C and MA, of the same class as certain early denarii, are commonly found in Sardinia overstruck on Sardinian bronze. We cannot assign such overstrikes to any date earlier than 237 B.C.
1957 A. K. Narain Indo-Greeks vi. 145 That the reigns of Apollodotus and Maues overlapped and mints changed hands from one to another is not only clear from this overstrike, but is supported by the fact that Maues frequently used such monograms.
2001 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 21 Dec. Mint officials say hard times bring hoarded coins out of coffee cans. Collectors have a chance to..find flaws, overstrikes, unusual strikes and rare dates among them.
2. The action or result of superimposing one character upon another in printing, or of printing two or more characters in the same position (cf. overstriking n. 2); an instance of this. Also: a facility which allows or performs this action.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [adjective] > applications > text formatting
overstrike1977
society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > word processing > character effects
white space1888
right justification1962
superscripting1970
overstrike1977
heading font2004
1977 Office Dec. 127/2 Model 2..features full-page autopagination, block select, subscripts, superscripts, forms tab, overstrike, [etc.].
1984 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Jan. 35/3 Underlining, double striking, boldfacing.., ribbon color and various overstrike or strike-out enhancements of the print.
1984 QL User Dec. 36 APL statements resemble a mysterious shorthand made up of Greek letters and overstrike characters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overstrikev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstrʌɪk/, /ˈəʊvəstrʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˈˌstraɪk/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle overstruck;
Forms: see over- prefix and strike v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, strike v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + strike v. Compare overstruck adj.
1. transitive. To strike down upon. Obsolete. rare.
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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 630 Vith the ax he him ourstrak.
2. transitive (chiefly reflexive). To strike too far; to overreach oneself in striking. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike in or from specific direction
overstrikea1586
understrike1844
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike with weapon [verb (reflexive)] > strike too far
overstrikea1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss5v The forsaken Knight ouer-strake himself so, as almost he came downe with his owne strength.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X3v For as he in his rage him ouerstrooke, He ere he could his weapon backe repaire, His side all bare and naked ouertooke. View more context for this quotation
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 253 Rude and unwary Combatants, who overthrow themselves, by over-reacting and overstriking at others beyond the measure of well-ordered and proportioned strength.
3.
a. transitive. To efface (an imposed design or identifying mark) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a new mark or design on (a coin, postage stamp, piece of hallmarked silver, etc.) in this way. Also with the superimposed mark or design as object.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] > recoin
recoin1613
restrike1613
remint1696
overstrike1905
1905 Numismatic Chron. 5 110 A well-known instance of overstriking coins in modern times occurred in 1804, when..two million Spanish dollars..were overstruck with new dies in the Boulton presses at Soho.
1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 114 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 Another [penny] of the same reign showing the ninth type..overstruck on the seventh.
1936 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 2 144 The Whaddon Chase type coins have been heavily overstruck.
1967 Times 14 June 8 (caption) The mark of John Chartier is overstruck by that of Anthony Nelme.
1987 Stamps Feb. 23/4 Included is an 1842 entire letter from ‘Ning Poo City’ to England showing a strike of the black oval ‘Military Post Office China’, overstruck by English arrival datestamp on the reverse.
b. transitive. To print (a diacritic or other modification of a character) on top of an existing character; to type (two or more characters) in the same position. Cf. overprint v. 3b.
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society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > format
overstrike1981
1981 Personal Computer World Aug. 83/3 By using a special character at the beginning and end of the area to be treated, you can underline, boldface, shadow print, slash overstrike (goodness knows why) or dash overstrike (ditto).
1983 I. Flores Word Processing Handbk. iii. 83 A ‘not equal’ sign is made by overstriking = and / to print ≠.
1987 Lit. & Ling. Computing 2 i. 30/2 One of the essentials is to overstrike the breathings and the accents (and to put the iota subscript where it belongs).
4. transitive and intransitive. To strike too hard or too far.
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1981 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 3/4 It was a blind hole and when we reached the green we thought we had overstruck and gone into the rough.
1992 Family Handyman Jan. 28/3 I have a half-dozen hammers and they all have one thing in common—an ugly dimple in the handle just below the hammer head because I've missed, or ‘overstruck’ a nail or two.
2001 Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 9 June c5 ‘We've tried with (McCoy) since February to get those right,’ West Springfield coach Randall May said of the free kicks. ‘He has a gosh-darn cannon. Usually he overstrikes the ball’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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