Category:Overblow

O`ver*blow", v. i.

1. To blow over, or be subdued. [r.] Spenser.

2. (mus.)

Defn: 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.

Overblow O`ver*blow", v. t.

Defn: to blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.