See Also: bombast(2)(dictionary)
bombast(1)(dictionary)
bombast(dictionary)
overhang(medicine)
Overhang(money)
Overhang(finance)
overhang(2)(dictionary)
overhang(1)(dictionary)
overhang 1, verb(dictionary)
Overhang - Sailing(gambling)

overhang(2) (iou) and bombast(2) (iou)


overhang(2) (iou)



overhang verb. . LME.
[from OVER- + HANG verb.]
verb trans. & intrans. Hang over, be suspended (above); project or jut out above; (of a hill, building, etc.) rise steeply up (from). LME.
J. Tyndall I..found my friend beneath an over-hanging rock. E. Langley An ancient family hotel, which overhung the street.
verb trans. Be as if about to fall on; loom over; threaten. M17.
overhanging noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a thing that overhangs: M16.

bombast(2) (iou)



bombast noun. M16.
[Var. of BOMBACE.]
Raw cotton; cotton wool, esp. as padding. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
fig. Inflated, turgid, or high-sounding language; empty rhetoric. L16.
bom'bastic adjective of the Nature of bombast; given to inflated language: E18.
bom'bastical adjective (arch.) = bombastic M17.
bom'bastically adverb E19.