overhand

alternative over-hand · alternative overhanded · alternative over-handed

1. not comparableExecuted with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.

   an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards

   Synonyms: overarm

2. not comparablebusinessSewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
3. not comparableWith the working part on top of the standing part.
4. not comparablebusinessLaid 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.
5. not comparablebusinessDone from below upward.

plural overhands · alternative over-hand · alternative overhanded · alternative over-handed

1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

   He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

   1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance

alternative over-hand · alternative overhanded · alternative over-handed

1. not comparableIn an overhand manner

present singular third person overhands · participle present overhanding · participle past overhanded · past overhanded · alternative over-hand · alternative overhanded · alternative over-handed

1. Sew using an overhand stitch.

   Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.

   1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book, →ISBN