overshot
(adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; “an overshot jaw”
overshoot
(verb) aim too high; “The plan overshoots its aim”
overshoot
(verb) shoot beyond or over (a target)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overshot
simple past tense and past participle of overshoot
overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)
(of a water wheel) 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.
overshot (plural overshots)
An overshot water wheel.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*shot`, a.
Definition: 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.
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.
O`ver*shoot", v. i.
Definition: To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
