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Definition of Overweighted
1. overweight [v] - See also: overweight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overweighted
Literary usage of Overweighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"... the sliver breaking or running out, the tail of the guide, being overweighted,
drops into the position shewn by the dotted lines, ..."
2. Reconnoitring in Abyssinia: A Narrative of the Proceedings of the by Henry St. Clair Wilkins (1870)
"... Tair—Economy evinced by the Bombay Government— Railway—Engineer Department
overweighted by a Broad Gauge —Modification of Opinion—Army Works ..."
3. Conflict in Nature and Life: A Study of Antagonism in the Constitution of by John Stahl Patterson (1883)
"Gal- ton observes that, "Our race is overweighted, and likely to be drudged into
degeneracy, by demands that exceed its powers." It is bad enough now, ..."
4. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1842)
"He thought the boiler had been overweighted from the quantity of machinery ...
When the engine is not overweighted, it goes so freely that its motion is not ..."
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