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oversail
(over|sail)
Pronunciation:
/əʊvəˈseɪl/
verb
[
with object
]
(of a part of a building) project beyond (a lower part):
a sloping stone coping oversailing a gutter
Origin:
late 17th century
(originally Scots): from
over
+ French
saillir
'jut out'
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