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▪ I. overstrike, n.|ˈəʊvəstraɪk|
[f. the vb.]
1. Numism. An overstruck coin.
1932Proc. Brit. Acad. XVIII. 212 Sextantes, with mint-marks C and MA, of the same class as certain early denarii, are commonly found in Sardinia overstruck on Sardinian bronze. We cannot assign such overstrikes to any date earlier than 237 B.C. 1970Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 33 Fifth century overstrikes at Rhegium and Messana.
2. Computing. The action or result of overstriking (overstrike v. 3 b); = strike-over s.v. strike v. 88; a facility which allows or performs this. Freq. attrib.
1977Office Dec. 127/2 Model 2..features full-page autopagination, block select, subscripts, superscripts, forms tab, overstrike, [etc.]. 1978Computer Dec. 47/1 This, coupled with the provision of proportional pitch, scrolling, overstrike, underscore, and subscript and superscript capabilities, compounded the speed requirements. 1984Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Jan. 35/3 Underlining, double striking, boldfacing.., ribbon color and various overstrike or strike-out enhancements of the print. 1984QL User Dec. 36 APL statements resemble a mysterious shorthand made up of Greek letters and overstrike characters.
▪ II. overˈstrike, v.
[over- 7, 23.]
†1.
a. trans. ? To bring down a stroke upon;
b. refl. to strike too far. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce v. 630 Vith þe ax he him ourstrak. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1590) 317 b, The forsaken Knight ouer-strake himself so, as almost he came downe with his owne strength. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. xi. 13 For as he in his rage him overstrooke, He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, His side all bare and naked overtooke.
2. Pianoforte-making (in overstriking vbl. n. or ppl. a.). See quot.
1880Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 646/2 [Pape] repeated the old idea..of an overstriking action—that is, the hammers descending upon the strings. Ibid. 712/1 Both overstriking and understriking apparatus had occurred to Marius.
3. [tr. F. surfrapper: see over- 8.] trans. To strike (a coin) with a new die, imposing a second design on the original; to strike (a new design) on a coin. Hence ˈoverstrike n., an overstruck coin; overˈstruck ppl. a.
[1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 630/2 A coin is said to be surfrappé when it has been struck on an older coin, of which the types are not altogether obliterated.] 1905Numismatic Chron. V. 110 Supposing a sufficient number of overstruck pennies of the same type are available. Ibid., A well-known instance of overstriking coins in modern times occurred in 1804, when..two million Spanish dollars..were overstruck with new dies in the Boulton presses at Soho, and issued as British currency. 1911Encycl. Brit. XIX. 871/1 A coin is said to be ‘over-struck’ or ‘re-struck’ when it has been struck on an older coin, of which the types are not altogether obliterated. 1914Brit. Mus. Return 114 in Parl. Papers LXXI. 193 Another [penny] of the same reign showing the ninth type..overstruck on the seventh. 1932Proc. Brit. Acad. XVIII. 212 Sextantes, with mint-marks C and MA, of the same class as certain early denarii, are commonly found in Sardinia overstruck on Sardinian bronze. We cannot assign such overstrikes to any date earlier than 237 B.C. 1936Proc. Prehist. Soc. II. 144 The Whaddon Chase type coins have been heavily overstruck. 1955C. Seltman Greek Coins (ed. 2) 24 The coiners in a particular mint saved themselves the trouble of preparing metal blanks, and employed instead the actual coins of some other city, heating them first in the furnace and then striking them between their own punch- and anvil-dies... Such coins, technically known as overstruck coins, [etc.]. 1970Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 33 Fifth century overstrikes at Rhegium and Messana.
Add:4. Computing. To print (a diacritic or other modification of a character) on top of an existing character; to type (two or more characters) in the same position. Also absol. Cf. over-print v. 3 b.
1981Personal Computer World Aug. 83/3 By using a special character at the beginning and end of the area to be treated, you can underline, boldface, shadow print, slash overstrike (goodness knows why) or dash overstrike (ditto). 1983I. Flores Word Processing Handbk. iii. 83 A ‘not equal’ sign is made by overstriking = and / to print ≠. 1987Lit. & Linguistic Computing II. i. 30/2 One of the essentials is to overstrike the breathings and the accents (and to put the iota subscript where it belongs). |