See Also: overshot(dictionary)

adductor (iou) and overshot (iou)


adductor (iou)



adductor noun. E17.
[mod. Latin, formed as ADDUCTIVE: see -OR.]
Anatomy. A muscle which brings about adduction towards the median line; spec. one which closes the shell of a bivalve mollusc. Also adductor muscle.

overshot (iou)



overshot adjective. M16.
[pa. pple of OVERSHOOT verb.]
be overshot, be wide of the mark, be mistaken or deceived. M16-M17.
Of a water-wheel: driven by the weight of a flow of water passing over the wheel and falling into buckets attached to its periphery. M16.
Intoxicated, drunk. slang. E17.
Veterinary Medicine. Of a fetlock joint: partially dislocated through having the upper bone driven over or in front of the lower bones. L19.
Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower. L19.
Of a pattern or weave: characterized by lines of weft where the yarn passes over two or more warp threads before re-entering the fabric. M20.