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  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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