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English Dictionary: overshot by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overshot
adj
  1. having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zo[94]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. [bd]Not to overshoot his
            game.[b8] --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.
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