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over·wind (ō′vər wīnd′, ō′vər wīnd′)

transitive verb overwound -·wound′, overwinding -·wind′·ing

to wind (a watch spring, etc.) too far or too tightly

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