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alternative over-handed

1. not comparableOverhand.

   To make an overhanded knot, you pass the end of the rope over the standing part and through the bight.

   2013, William Brady, The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant, →ISBN, page 22

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   That summer overhanded pitching was legalized, resulting in a slew of no-hitters, including the only ones ever pitched at Recreation Park.

   1998, Richard Bak, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, →ISBN, page 31

   As has been mentioned earlier, there are various ways to hold a bow, the most obvious difference being between the overhanded method and the underhanded method.

   1963, Gertrude Jean Shaw, The Violoncello Sonata Literature in France During the Eighteenth Century, page 19

   An overhanded patch is used on material that is seldom washed, and where the raw edge on the wrong side is not objectionable.

   1927, The New Butterick Dressmaker, page 291

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   If these proposed alterations were made, would not the best trades soon be overhanded?

   1867, John Watts, The Catechism of Wages and Capital, page 22

alternative over-handed

1. not comparableOverhand.

   As you get older though, you will definitely want to be able to serve overhanded.

   2013, Kacy Carter, Set to Serve, →ISBN

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   The chimney was built entirely from the inside platforms, the masons working overhanded, and thus no staging was necessary on the outside.

   1902, William Wallace Chrisite, Chimney Design and Theory: A Book for Engineers and Architects

alternative over-handed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overhand