overplus

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If in his longer poems there is sometimes a lack of last finish, and an overplus of language—there is a frankness of utterance and a billowy undulation of movement that have compensating charms.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

And in this sense it was perfectly normal, healthy, and sound, more especially in so far as it provided for the gradual drawing away overplus metal to the East.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

Their silence is more eloquent than words, Their passing out is but life's overplus, Their tongues are tempered into two-edged swords.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt

Surplus, sur′plus, n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The rent may then be taken, including all expences, and the overplus left in the hands of the constable for the owner's use.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849