OVERSHOTS

Noun

overshots

plural of overshot

Source: Wiktionary


OVERSHOT

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.

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.

O`ver*shoot", v. i.

Definition: To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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