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Overblow
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
2. To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.