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O`ver*blow" (?), v. i. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
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2. (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.
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O`ver*blow", v. t. 1. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
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When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.
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2. To ascribe an unwarranted importance to.
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3. (Music) To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones.
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