Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overcast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcast \O`ver*cast"\, v. t. (Bookbinding)
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by
folding one edge over another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcast \O`ver*cast"\, v. t.
1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
--Dryden.
2. To compute or rate too high. --Bacon.
3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges
of a seam) to prevent raveling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overcast
adj : filled or abounding with clouds [syn: {cloud-covered}, {clouded},
{sunless}]
n 1: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn: {cloudiness},
{cloud cover}]
2: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: {cloudiness}]
3: a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to
prevent raveling [syn: {overcasting}]
4: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our
beaches." [syn: {cloud}] [ant: {clear up}]
2: sew over the edge of; with long slanting wide stitches
3: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; of
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