Definitions
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- noun In spray painting, the spray that goes outside the area being painted (necessary to assure
coverage at the edge).
Etymologies
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Examples
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A lot of the times the cardboard would stick, and overspray underspray little seepages.
Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010
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Will see, in the fullness of time, how much overspray hit stuff off the driveway . . .
jhetley: Poisoning the pigeons in the park jhetley 2010
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Someone had sprayed Maelcum's pilot gear a hot tropical pink, scraping most of the overspray off the screens and readouts with a razor blade.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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I have koi in my ponds, and any overspray of pesticides or herbicides would kill them immediately.
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Reduce overspray from your spray guns, and use a gallon of finish on 50 speaker cabinets, rather than 30.
Sound Politics: "Peak Oil" Despair Versus Energy Innovation 2007
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I have to admit, I find myself choosing clothing, shoes, helmets, etc. that won't clash with the fire engine red and white overspray paint scheme on my old Paramount.
You Must Be Crazy: Strength of Conviction BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Gardeners routinely dust with Diazanon and many natural healing clinics overspray pesticides for insect control.
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Gardeners routinely dust with Diazanon and many natural healing clinics overspray pesticides for insect control.
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Four of those Humiecki & Graef thingies on various body parts, an overspray of Navegateur on top heh heh, TOO MUCH?
Winner, Coming Attractions and Short Poll Marina Geigert 2008
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At the same time the affluent farmers “use their influence to demand environmentally damaging input subsidies, which in turn lead them to overmechanize, overirrigate, and overspray.”
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