overreach
overreach is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.
- 2.To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.
- 3.To cheat by cunning or deception.
- 4.The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is overreach.
- What is to deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak called?
- What is to reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak called?
- What is the act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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