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overstrike en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
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- /ˈəʊvəstɹʌɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
From over- + strike.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.
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(countable, uncountable) The printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł.
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(uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)
Forms
overstrike en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əʊvəˈstɹʌɪk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From over- + strike.
Meanings
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(obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking.
For as he in his rage him overstrooke, / He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, / His side all bare and naked overtooke, / And with his mortal steel quite through the body strooke.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(transitive) To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
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(transitive) To strike (something) too hard.
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