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Overshot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Past tense and past participle of overshoot.

adj. Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower: an overshot jaw.

adj. Operated by water that flows over the top from above: an overshot water wheel.

n. A pattern in weaving made when filling threads are passed over two or more warp threads.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Simple past tense and past participle of overshoot.

adj. powered by water that flows over the top from above

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. From overshoot, v. t.

adj. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Exceeded in shooting or in any effort; surpassed.

Having exceeded proper limits in drinking; intoxicated; tipsy.

n. A mill with an overshot wheel.

Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower: said of some dogs. Contrasted with undershot.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having an upper part projecting beyond the lower

Word Usage

"The gravity of water we use as moving force, the most direct application being in what are called overshot wheels, one of which is represented in FIG."

Equivalent

protrusive

Verb Form

overshots

Cross Reference

overshot water-wheel overshot leaves

Variant

overshoot

Verb Stem