different between overlay vs lacquer

English

Etymology 1

over- +? lay. Compare overlie.

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?'v?-l??, IPA^(key): /???.v??le?/
• (General American) enPR: ?'v?r-l??, IPA^(key): /?o?v??le?/

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??v?-l?', IPA^(key): /???.v??le?/
• (General American) enPR: ??v?r-l?', IPA^(key): /?o?v??le?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

overlay (third-person singular simple present overlays, present participle overlaying, simple past and past participle overlaid or overlayed)

1. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
2. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
   • c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War

     when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it

3. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. [from 14th c.]
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy

     a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire

   • 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 371:

     Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?

4. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.

Translations

Noun

overlay (plural overlays)

1. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
2. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
3. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
4. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
5. (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
6. (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
7. (Scotland) A cravat.

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

overlay

1. simple past tense of overlie

Anagrams

• lay over, layover

English

Alternative forms

• lacker

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian ???? (l?k), from Hindi ??? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ?????? (l?k??).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?læk.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læk.?/
• Rhymes: -æk?(r)

Noun

lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)

1. A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
2. A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans.

Synonyms

• varnish

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)

1. To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

Translations

Further reading

• lacquer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lacquer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lacquer at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Racquel