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overˈlaunch, v.
[over- 26, 8.]
†1. intr. To ‘launch out’ excessively, go to excess, act extravagantly. Obs.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 1007/1 One that ouer⁓launcheth so farre to withstand God.
2. trans. Shipbuilding. (See quots.)
1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 162 Overlaunching; splicing or scarfing one Piece of Timber to another, to make firm Work. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 135 To over-launch, to run the butt of one plank to a certain distance beyond the next butt above or beneath it, in order to make stronger work. Ibid. 147 Disposing the butts of the planks, &c. so that they may over-launch each other. |