overˈroll, v.
[over- 6, 8, 1, 4.]
trans. a. To roll (something) over, to push over. b. To cover up with a roll or by rolling; to envelop. c. To revolve over or above (something).
| 1513 Douglas æneis xiii. v. 50 With quhou gret fard our⁓rollyt and doun cast So hastely bene thir fatis, behald! a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 80 Theyr hosen of riche gold satten called Aureate satten, ouerrouled to y⊇ kne with Skarlet. 1865 Macm. Mag. July 275 Seeing the stars..overroll me. 1892 Harper's Mag. 396 His honey tongue..overrolls the bitter of his words As..honey deadens nauseous drugs. |
Hence over-rolling vbl. n., rolling over.
| 1883 Lapworth in Geol. Mag. Aug. 340 An overfold with gradual development of a middle limb, which has originated in the over-rolling of the beds at the apices of the curves. |