| 单词 | overgate | 
| 释义 | overgaten. English regional (northern).  1.  A place where a wall, stream, etc., may be crossed. Also: a stile or similar construction placed there for this purpose.In quot. 1773   apparently a sort of bridge. ΚΠ 1773    in  W. E. Tate Parish Chest 		(1946)	  ii. v. 256  				6 Overgates to repair the pasture dykes. 1796    W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in  Rural Econ. Yorks. 		(ed. 2)	 II. 336  				Owergait, [a] stile place, or imperfect gap, in a hedge; also a ‘stepping’ place, across a brook. 1855    F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 122  				Ower-gate, a stepping-style in a field. 1928    A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 91/1  				Owergate, oweryat, the way for foot-people over a wall, a stile, but generally stone steps or projecting stones in the wall.  2.  Mining. A crossing of overhead air-passages. Cf. air crossing n. at air n.1 Compounds 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1888    G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 		(ed. 3)	 60  				Overcast, Overgate. 1894    R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 516  				Overgate, an air-way overhead in a pit, where one air-course is carried by a bridge over another. 1920    A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 481/2  				Overgate, see Air crossing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overgateadv. Obsolete. rare.   Excessively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > 			[adverb]		 overlyOE overswitheOE over-micklec1230 overmucha1382 over-measurea1387 overdonec1390 overlargelyc1390 overfara1400 superflue?a1425 overgatea1450 overdonelyc1450 over-highlyc1454 excessivelyc1460 superfluously1528 stinkingly1545 excessive1569 over-greatly1599 unmercifully1611 overgrownly1668 extravagantlya1715 preponderously1835 faultily1855 a1450						 (?a1390)						    J. Mirk Instr. Parish Priests 		(Claud.)	 		(1974)	 1195 (MED)  				Hast þow I-coueted ouer-gate Worldes worschype or any a-state? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  | 
	
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