Overhand

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, adv.
     In an overhand manner or style.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, n.
     1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. --Sir
                                                    T. More.
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     2. (Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is
        overhanded; also an overhand[2] pitch.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, a.
     1. (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing,
        or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are
        sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.) Done (as pitching or
        bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm
        above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand
        pitch; an overhand stroke.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     {Overhand knot}. See Illustration of {Knot}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overhand
       adj 1: with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder
              level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn:
               {overhanded}, {overarm}] [ant: {underhand}]
       2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical
          stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
          [syn: {oversewn}]