GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Overhand (?), n.
   1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
   
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   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 overhand2 pitch.
   
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2.       
   Overhand, 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.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.
   
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3.       
   Overhand, adv. In an overhand manner or style.
   
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