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Webster 1913 Edition
Overshot
O′ver-shotˊ
,Adj.
From
Overshoot
, Verb.
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 weight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overshot
OVERSHOT'
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Definition 2024
overshot
overshot
English
Verb
overshot
- simple past tense and past participle of overshoot
Adjective
an overshot waterwheel
overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)
- (of a waterwheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
- Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.