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Overblow , v. i.
- To blow over, or be subdued. [R.]Spenser.1913 Webster
- (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.1913 Webster
- To blow over, or be subdued. [R.]
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Overblow, v. t.
- To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.1913 Webster
When this cloud of sorrow's overblown.
Waller.1913 Webster - To ascribe an unwarranted importance to.PJC
- (Music) To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones.PJC
- To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.