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Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To put an overlay on.

Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively..

Overlay :: Overlay (imp.) of Overli.

Argentation :: Argentation (n.) A coating or overlaying with silver.

Overlay :: Overlay (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

Gilder :: Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense..

Plating :: Plating (n.) The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition..

Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..

Steely :: Steeling (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v..

Overlaying :: Overlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overla.

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over..

Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..

Ceil :: Ceil (v. t.) To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room..

Overlaying :: Overlaying (n.) A superficial covering; a coating.

Overlayer :: Overlayer (n.) One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..

Overlay :: Overlay (n.) A covering.

Glase :: Glase (v. t.) To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like..

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver..

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