overhand
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
adj
With the working part on top of the standing part.
adj
Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
noun
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
adv
In an overhand manner
verb
Sew using an overhand stitch.
Example Sentences
- "an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards"
- "He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me."
- "Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.