overlay

OVERLA'Y, verb transitive 1. To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; as a country overlaid with inhabitants.Our sins have overlaid our hopes.2. To cover to spread over the surface; as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver; cedar overlaid with gold.3. To smother with close covering; as, to overlay an infant.4. To overwhelm; to smother.A heap of ashes that o'er lays your fire.5. To cloud; to overcast.- As when a cloud his beam doth overlay 6. To cover; to join two opposite sides by a cover.And overlay with this portentous bridge the dark abyss