Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overshot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zo["o]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. ``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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overshot
adj : having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an
overshot jaw"
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