From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, n.
1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
[1913 Webster]
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 overhand[2] pitch.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Overhand knot}. See Illustration of {Knot}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, adv.
In an overhand manner or style.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overhand
adj 1: with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder
level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn:
{overhand}, {overhanded}, {overarm}] [ant: {underarm},
{underhand}, {underhanded}]
2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches
that pass over and draw the two edges together) [syn:
{overhand}, {oversewn}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
overhand /ovərhɑnt/
upperhand
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