OVERLA'Y,
1. To lay too much upon to oppress with incumbent weight as a country overlaid with inhabitants.
Our sins have overlaid our hopes.
2. To cover to spread over the surface as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver cedar overlaid with gold.
3. To smother with close covering as, to overlay an infant.
4. To overwhelm to smother.
A heap of ashes that o'er lays your fire.
5. To cloud to overcast.
- As when a cloud his beam doth overlay.
6. To cover to join two opposite sides by a cover.
And overlay with this portentous bridge the dark abyss.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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