overfill

  • 111surfeit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. excess, glut, superfluity, superabundance, plethora; satiety, repletion, engorgement. See sufficiency. Ant., lack, dearth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. surplus, superfluity, profusion; see excess 1 ,… …

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  • 112overfeed — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overfill, satiate, stuff; see eat 1 …

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  • 113overstock — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. oversupply, overfill, cram, overload; see burden , load 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun,… …

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  • 114on the fiddle — Meaning Engaged in corruption. Origin In the Navy, or perhaps any ship in years gone by, sailors received their meals on a square plate with a raised edge called the fiddle. I they were to overfill their plate they were said to be On the fiddle …

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  • 115giutan — [akin to Ger giessen] : pour. Deriv. gutnan (*) be poured. Comp. ufargiutan overfill, usgutnan be poured out …

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  • 116lap — a defect appearing as a seam on a rolled bar. Laps are rolled over pieces of material that arise when a bar is given a pass through the rolls after a sharp overfill or fin has been formed, causing the protrusion to be rolled into the surface of… …

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  • 117overquatie — v. a. == overfill. O. and N. 353. Halliwell gives ‘Quatted’ == full, satiated. Probably from the ON. kvett, meat; another form of kjot …

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  • 118overcharge — n. excessive price; act of charging and excessive price v. overprice; fill a battery or circuit with an excessive amount of electrical charge; overload, overfill; exaggerate …

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  • 119overcharged — n. excessive price; act of charging and excessive price v. overprice; fill a battery or circuit with an excessive amount of electrical charge; overload, overfill; exaggerate …

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  • 120overcharges — n. excessive price; act of charging and excessive price v. overprice; fill a battery or circuit with an excessive amount of electrical charge; overload, overfill; exaggerate …

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