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Webster 1913 Edition

Overreach

Oˊver-reach′

(ōˊvẽr-rēch′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overreached
, (
Overraught
,
obs.
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching
.]
1.
To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2.
To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
Shak.

Oˊver-reach′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To reach too far
; as:
(a)
To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; – said of horses.
(b)
(Naut.)
To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
Shak.
2.
To cheat by cunning or deception.

O′ver-reachˊ

(ō′vẽr-rēchˊ)
,
Noun.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; – said of horses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overreach

OVERRE'ACH

, v.t.
1.
To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond.
2.
To deceive by cunning, artifice or sagacity; to cheat.

OVERRE'ACH

,
Verb.
I.
Applied to horses, to strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot.

OVERRE'ACH

,
Noun.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot.

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