To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; as a country overlaid with inhabitants. Our sins have overlaid our hopes.

To cover to spread over the surface; as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver; cedar overlaid with gold.

To smother with close covering; as, to overlay an infant.

To overwhelm; to smother. A heap of ashes that o’er lays your fire.

To cloud; to overcast. - As when a cloud his beam doth overlay.

To cover; to join two opposite sides by a cover. And overlay with this portentous bridge the dark abyss.