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Definition of Overscale
1. Adjective. Out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overscale
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overscale
Literary usage of Overscale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Septonate and the Centralization of the Tonal System: A New View of the by Julius Klauser (1890)
"The scale (our overscale) contains two major Tonic chords and two Tonic chord-centers.
The full scale-system contains five major Tonic chords and three ..."
2. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-century Literature: Representative Prose by Robert Emmons Rogers (1921)
"... Or plate my scalp with bone against the snow, Or overscale my flesh 'neath
joint and joint, Like an ore's armor? Ay, — so spoil His sport! ..."
3. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"... Or overscale my flesh 'neath joint and joint, Like an ore's armor ? Ay, — so
spoil His sport I He is the One now: only He doth all. 'Saith, He may like, ..."
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