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overshot |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr & vb n. {Overshooting}.] 1. To shoot over or beyond. ``Not to overshoot his game.'' --South. 2. To pass swiftly over to fly beyond. --Hartle. 3. To exceed; as to overshoot the truth. --Cowper. {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far to assert too much From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. From {Overshoot}, v. t. {Overshot wheel}, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its we'ght. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overshot adj : having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw"
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