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Definitions for: Overcast
[n] a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
[n] a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
[n] gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
[n] the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
[adj] filled or abounding with clouds
[v] sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; of books
[v] sew over the edge of; with long slanting wide stitches
[v] make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
Webster (1913) Definition: O`ver*cast", v. t. (Bookbinding)
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by
folding one edge over another.
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.
Synonyms: cloud, cloud cover, cloud-covered, clouded, cloudiness, cloudy, overcasting, sunless
Antonyms: brighten, clear, clear up, light up
See Also: bad weather, cast, casting, cloud over, cloud up, darken, fog up, inclemency, inclementness, overcloud, oversew, run up, semidarkness, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch
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