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▪ I. overhand, adv. and a.
[f. over prep. and adv. + hand n.]
A. adv. (ˌoverˈhand).
†1. Over, upside down.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 171 A man that aspired to be King, and would subvert and turn all overhand.
†2. Out of hand, aside. Obs.
1816J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 146 The poor Or niggardly, I put them overhand In a somewhat careless way.
3. a. With the hand over or above the object which it grasps; with the knuckles upwards in holding or throwing something; in Cricket and Baseball (with reference to bowling or pitching), with the hand raised above the shoulder: see B. 2.
1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxii. The spoon is not generally used over-hand, but under. 1865― Mut. Fr. i. vi, He now clutched his knife overhand and struck downward with it.
b. Archery. (See quots.)
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 378/2 Shooting over-hand is to shoot at the mark over the bow-hand. 1939P. H. Gordon New Archery 404 Overhand, of shooting, same as..Forehand.
4. Mining. From below upwards (in reference to the working or ‘stoping’ of a vein).
5. Needlework. In to sew overhand = oversew.
B. adj. ˈoverhand).
1. Characterized by bringing the hand from above downwards.
1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxxvii, Men..of generous hearts, did usually write injuries received from mean men, in Sand; but over-hand blows given by men of power, in Characters never to be blotted out. 1888Kipling Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) 122 The overhand stabbing-cut silenced the yell.
2. a. Cricket and Baseball. Of bowling or pitching: Done with the hand raised above the shoulder: see bowl v.1 4.
1828in W. Denison Cricket: Sk. Players (1846) 44 It is the over-hand delivery to which I principally object,..it has all the qualities of a throw, except the force. 1870D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports i. iii. §454 The overhand bowling would appear likely to admit of dangerous abuse. 1901A. Lang in Blackw. Mag. Oct. 490/2 England added the third stump, the straight bat, overhand bowling and other essentials. 1975New Yorker 17 Nov. 154/2 The Oakland scouting report on him warned he had six pitches..all of which he could serve up from the sidearm, three-quarters, or overhand sectors, and points in between.
b. Swimming. Applied to a variety of the side-stroke in the performance of which one hand is raised above the water and carried forward. Also ellipt. as n.
c1881‘Capt. Crawley’ Swimming 38 There are two styles of Side Swimming, severally known as the side⁓stroke and the over-hand. 1886J. Finney Hints on Swimming 5 Taking into consideration the high rate of speed attainable by its means, the overhand stroke, when exhibited by a first-class swimmer, far exceeds any other style. 1905‘Natator’ Swimming 13 Overhand stroke. To change from the ordinary side stroke to the Overhand is simple. When the upper arm has finished its stroke, advance it above water, beyond the head, where it again enters, with the palm of the hand facing out. 1931J. Buchan Blanket of Dark xiv. 260 Peter's long arms in an overhand stroke devoured the waters.
c. Lawn Tennis. Of a stroke: made with the racket above the arm or shoulder.
1889H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 30 The form of service almost universally used is the overhand service. 1900A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 379 For the ordinary overhand service the ball should be thrown up in line with the right ear and slightly backwards. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVI. 301/2 High overhand service, by which alone any great pace can be obtained, was first perfected by the brothers Renshaw between 1880 and 1890. 1978J. Symons Blackheath Poisonings ii. 105 For..ladies an overhand service was a great waste of strength.
3. Mining. Of the working of a vein: Performed from below upwards.
4. overhand knot: a simple knot made by passing the end of a rope, string, etc., over the standing part and through the loop or bight so formed.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxxv. 134 Riggers' seizings and overhand knots in place of nice seamanlike work. 1841― Seaman's Man. (1863) 36 An Overhand Knot. Pass the end of a rope over the standing part, and through the bight.
▪ II. overhand, v. Needlework.
[f. phr. to sew overhand (prec. A. 5).]
To oversew, sew over and over. So overhanding vbl. n.
1871Burroughs Wake-Robin, Bird's Nests (1884) 163 The mouth [of the Baltimore oriole's nest] is hemmed or over⁓handed with horse-hair. 1897Mary Sleight in Chicago Advance 8 Apr. 452/2 All little maids in our grandmother's day..[learned] the art of hemming and ‘overhanding’, stitching and felling. 1908M. E. Morgan How to dress Doll ii. 20 Overhanding is the real sewing of the seam{ddd}simply sewing over-and-over, close to the edge, with very small stitches. Ibid. v. 51 Overhand the neck and armholes with lace. 1964McCall's Sewing ii. 31/1 Overhanding, a straight stitch used to hold finished edges together when a strong, flat, invisible seam is needed, as in table linen, undergarments, sewing on lace or patching. |