Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overhand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, n.
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. --Sir T.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, a.
1. (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing,
or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are
sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling)
with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or
higher than, the shoulder.
{Overhand knot}. See Illustration of {Knot}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, adv.
In an overhand manner or style.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overhand
adj 1: (sports) with hand brought forward and down from above
shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand
stroke" [syn: {overhanded}, {overarm}] [ant: {underhand}]
2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical
stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
[syn: {oversewn}]
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