2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta syn. Thalassochelys caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be at loggerheads,
To fall to loggerheads, or
To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rabble of loggerheaded physicians. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{ 2 } pitch. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement. [ PJC ]

2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; -- usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements. [ PJC ]

To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. --
To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

While overhead the moon
Sits arbitress. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overhead engine, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. --
Overhead work, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A compartment on a train, bus, or airplane used for storage of luggage or accessory equipment; called also overhead compartment. [ PJC ]

3. (Sports) A stroke with a racket in which the ball is struck with the racket over the head, moving in a downward motion; also called overhead stroke. [ PJC ]

1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hear again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]