overlash

== English == === Etymology === From over- +‎ lash. Compare dialectal English lash (“extravagant”), lashing (“lavish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlæʃ/ Rhymes: -æʃ === Verb === overlash (third-person singular simple present overlashes, present participle overlashing, simple past and past participle overlashed) To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments (obsolete) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To carry to excess. (obsolete) to overlash in phrases ― to exaggerate (obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate. ==== Trivia ==== Though only durably attested once, the term was reported to have had a technical equestrian meaning in Devonshire at least, that of pushing a horse hard enough that its rear feet would strike its front feet in the gallop. === References === “overlash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.