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Overhand

O′ver-handˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great
overhand
on me.
Sir T. More.

O′ver-handˊ

,
Adj.
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.
Overhand knot
.
See Illustration of
Knot
.

O′ver-handˊ

,
adv.
In an overhand manner or style.

Definition 2024

overhand

overhand

See also: overhånd and over-hand

English

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Adjective

An overhand pitch
overhand knot

overhand ‎(not comparable)

  1. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders
  2. (sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together
  3. (of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
  4. (masonry) Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
  5. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
    • Sir T. More
      He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

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Adverb

overhand ‎(not comparable)

  1. In an overhand manner

Verb

overhand stitch

overhand ‎(third-person singular simple present overhands, present participle overhanding, simple past and past participle overhanded)

  1. Sew using an overhand stitch.
    • 1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book, ISBN 1172558108:
      Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.

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