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overlay(2)(dictionary)
overlay(medicine)
overlay(1)(dictionary)
overlay 2, noun(dictionary)
overlay 1, verb(dictionary)
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overlay denture(medicine)
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overlay(1) (iou)



overlay noun. LME.
[from the verb.]
A thing laid (esp. as a covering) over something else. LME.
M. Tripp When Eve pulled back the quilted overlay the sheets seemed startlingly white. Nature Prospecting techniques will be hampered by the enormous overlay of ice. fig.: English World-Wide Such varieties represent an overlay of the English lexicon upon the several native language grammars.
b. Printing. A piece of paper pasted over the impression-surface of a printing-press in order to make parts of the impression darker. E19.
c. A transparent sheet with instructions or additional material, to be placed over artwork, esp. a map or diagram. M20.
d. A layer of coloured glass added on top of clear glass in decorative glassware. Usu. attrib. M20.
e. Biology. A layer of gel spread over a cell culture and containing an indicator of the presence of some cell product. M20.
A necktie, a collar. Scot. L16.
Dentistry. = ONLAY noun 2. M20.
Unjustifiably high betting odds. US. M20.
Computing. The process of transferring a block of data to internal storage in place of what is already there; a section of program so transferred. M20.