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Vinony

overshot

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/ / /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/

adj

  1. powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
  2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

noun

  1. An overshot water wheel.
  2. A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of overshoot