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over·shot (ō′vər s̸hät′)

adjective

  1. with the upper part or half extending past the lower an overshot jaw
  2. driven by water flowing onto the upper part an overshot water wheel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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