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Definitions of overshot in various dictionaries:
verb - shoot beyond or over (a target)
verb - aim too high
adj - having an upper part projecting beyond the lower
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| (of a waterwheel) turned by water falling on to it from a channel. |
| having an upper part projecting beyond the lower |
| Past tense and past participle of overshoot. |
| Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower: an overshot jaw. |
| Operated by water that flows over the top from above: an overshot water wheel. |
| A pattern in weaving made when filling threads are passed over two or more warp threads. |
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A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface. Most commonly, the wheel is mounted vertically on a horizontal axle, but can also be mounted horizontally on a vertical shaft, for example the tub or Norse. Vertical wheels can transmit power either through the axle or via a ring gear and typically drive belts or gears; horizontal wheels usually directly drive their load. * Water wheels were still in commercial use well into the 20th century but they are no longer in common use. Uses included milling flour in gristmills, grinding wood into pulp for papermaking, hammering wrought iron, machining, ore crushing and pounding fiber for use in the manufacture of cloth. * Some water wheels are fed by water from a mill pond, which is formed when a flow |