overshot adjective. [ǝʊvǝ'ʃɒt, in sense 2 'ǝʊvǝʃɒt] M16.
[pa. pple of OVERSHOOT verb.]
1. be overshot, be wide of the mark, be mistaken or deceived. M16-M17.

2. Of a water-wheel: driven by the weight of a flow of water passing over the wheel and falling into buckets attached to its periphery. M16.

3. Intoxicated, drunk. slang. E17.

4. Veterinary Medicine. Of a fetlock joint: partially dislocated through having the upper bone driven over or in front of the lower bones. L19.

5. Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower. L19.

6. Of a pattern or weave: characterized by lines of weft where the yarn passes over two or more warp threads before re-entering the fabric. M20.

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