oversail

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ sail

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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)

References[edit]

oversail”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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