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Overshot

//ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
  2. 2
    Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having an upper part projecting beyond the lower wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An overshot water wheel.
  2. 2
    A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overshoot form-of, participle, past

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