† overfilln.1
Obsolete.
Overfullness, esp. with reference to eating or drinking; surfeit.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > state of being overfed, gorged, or sated
overfilleOE
fullnessc1350
full-feedinga1382
repletionc1405
fulsomeness?a1425
saturitya1500
satiety1528
glut1594
overfullness1617
eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. i. 178 Wið manegum adlum..ða þe cumað of oferfyllo.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xxxi. 70 Seo oferfyll simle fet unþeawas.
c1175 ( in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 54 Is eac monnum to witenne þæt ðæs monnes wæcce þe wacæð for his oferfulle, ant for oferdrynce, & for unrihte ðance..nis to nane wæcce iteald.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 354 (MED) Mid este þu þe miȝt ouer quatie, & ouerfulle makeþ wlatie.
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overfilln.2
/ˈəʊvəfɪl/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌfɪl/ Engineering.
A projection on rolled metal produced when the amount of metal is too large for the aperture or groove into which it is forced in rolling, so that the excess spreads into the junction between the rolls. Also: a bar, etc., that is too large for the rolling it is to undergo. Cf. underfill n., flash n.2 Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections > projection on rolled metal
overfill1924
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > cast metal > in form of pigs > pig, ingot, or bar > prepared for rolling > too large for rolling
overfill1924
1924 F. W. Dencer Detailing & Fabricating Struct. Steel xxvii. 355 Material with overfills is not necessarily defective.
1929 Rolling Mill Jrnl. Jan. 16/1 If a bar when passing through a pass does not fill the groove, it is spoken of as an underfill. If it more than fills the groove and squeezes out at the sides, it is spoken of as an overfill.
1957 Making, Shaping & Treating of Steel (U.S. Steel) (ed. 7) xxx. 556/2 Overfills are broad and less sharp than fins. As a rule, overfills occur more frequently than fins and in many cases are associated on the same bar with underfills.
1971 W. K. V. Gale Iron & Steel Industry 147 Overfill.., a condition in which there is too much metal to be formed by the rolls of a rolling mill and it spreads out at the roll joint line.
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overfillv.
/ˌəʊvəˈfɪl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfɪl/ 1. transitive. To fill to overflowing or to excess; to put more into (a container, etc.) than it can or should contain. Also intransitive. Frequently figurative and in extended use.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to excess
overfillOE
overchargea1325
cark1330
overfulfila1450
glut1471
overheap1549
accloy1581
overglut1586
superonerate1607
obsaturate1623
overstuff1715
OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 136 Þonne freolstid biþ, þy beoþ oferfyllede oþ spiweþan.
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 272 (MED) Ah hwa se halt ham, earneð him ouerfullet ful & ouereorninde met of heouenliche mede.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 74v Þe stomak is ouer fillid [L. nimis..replentur] and is streit a brood.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. i. 3 They who are ouer-filled with works of supererogation.
1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia iii. 384 Hauing his eyes ouerfilled with her beautie.
1609 Morindos viii. 36 sig. E3 Some there were that had their bellies split in sunder by ouerfilling them.
1684 N. Crouch Delights for Ingenious xxx. 119 Since overmuch will overfill, Pour out enough; but do not spill.
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 149 The Tears she shed Seem'd..to discharge her Head, O'er-fill'd before.
1743 A. Hill Fanciad iv. 32 Swarms of light Gauls, in vain, broad Plains, o'erfill.
1782 S. Johnson tr. Euripides Medea in C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. iv. 340 The rites that..bad the feast, the song, and bowl, O'erfill the saturated soul.
1832 New-Eng. Mag. June 504 Is it my fault that this man has overfilled himself with my benefits?
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iii. 56 On the 13th the lava overfilled the great fissure.
1890 J. R. Lowell Writings 293 Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
1908 B. Stoughton Metall. Iron & Steel viii. 200 With open passes, the collars cannot be made to quite touch..and the pressure may squeeze some metal between them, forming a ‘fin’ along the side of the piece. This is known as ‘overfilling the pass’.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) v. 117 The cells are too large and are overfilled with hæmoglobin.
1985 D. Holloway Which? Bk. Plumbing & Central Heating vi. 78/2 Slightly overfill so that the surface can be rubbed down smooth once the filler has set.
2. intransitive. To become full to overflowing.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full > excessively
engorge1599
overfill?1615
overcome1697
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 203 Water'd with floods, that euer ouer-fill With heauens continual showers.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads v. 63 Suddenly the River overfills, Supply'd by Jove with mighty showers of Rain.
1851 E. B. Browning Poet. Wks. (1897) 330 Some..declared his eyes filled up and overfilled With good warm human tears.
1996 A. Stevenson Coll. Poems 1955–95 (1996) 67 My cup overfilled at the brim.
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