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overcasting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overcast |
| Type of | whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching |
| Derivation | overcast |
- Cloudiness: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
- Cloud-covered: filled or abounding with clouds
- Make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
- Cloudiness: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
- Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"
- A cast that falls beyond the intended spot
- Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring all of the sky. Overcast, written as "OVC" in the METAR observation, is reported when the cloud cover is observed to equal eight oktas (eighths).
