oversail

English

Etymology

over- + sail

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

oversail (third-person singular simple present oversails, present participle oversailing, simple past and past participle oversailed)

  1. (transitive, architecture) To figure or variegate.
  2. (law) To project over (as of a crane over a neighbouring property, which may be a trespass)

oversail in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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