Overreach

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

(2): ( v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.

(3): ( v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.

(4): ( v. i.) To reach too far

(5): ( v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; - said of horses.

(6): ( v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.

(7): ( n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; - said of horses.

King James Dictionary [2]

Overre'Ach,

1. To reach beyond in any direction to rise above to extend beyond. 2. To deceive by cunning, artifice or sagacity to cheat.

Overre'Ach, Applied to horses, to strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot.

Overre'Ach, n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot.

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