overshot
AdjectiveUS[oh-ver-shot]/ˈoʊvɚˌʃɑt/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- having an upper part projecting beyond the lower“an overshot jaw”Opposite intrusiveSimilar protrusive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O′ver·shot′ adjective
From Overshoot, transitive verb
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 weight.
O′ver·shot′ adjective
Zoology Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; — said of the jaws of some dogs.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement