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overˈmark, v.
(Chiefly in pa. pple.)
[f. over- 26, 8, 27 a + mark n. or v.]
†1. trans. ? To furnish with too distant a mark (to aim at). Obs.
c1560T. Lucy Let. in Halliwell Shaks. (1887) II. 388 Take hede that Burnell be not over-marked, for he is hable to shute no farr grounde.
2. To mark over, make marks upon the surface of.
1838Voice from Font 3 Drawn and rubbed out, marked and overmarked diagram upon diagram.
3. Horsemanship. (See quot. 1875.)
1866Lond. Rev. 28 Apr. 471/1 Sometimes..the noble animal is overmarked, and falls a victim to his own spirit and the stupidity of his owner. 1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports ii. i. v. §7. 442 The overmarked horse is detected by his dull heavy eye. Ibid., Overmarking is the effect produced upon the horse constitutionally, as well as locally upon the legs, by overwork and overfeeding.
4. To award too many marks to (a candidate in an examination, competition, etc.).
1947C. S. Lewis Miracles xvii. 198 Some examiners tend to overmark any candidate whose opinions and character, as revealed by his work, are revolting to them. 1970Times 5 Mar. 13 One judge admitted that she had overmarked Wood, for no good reason that I could discover other than sympathy for a champion in distress. |