Category:Overreach

O`ver*reach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached, (overraught (, obs.); P. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to Outwit; to cheat. Shak.

Overreach O`ver*reach", v. i.

1. 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.

2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

Overreach O"ver*reach`, n.

Defn: the act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of The hind foot; -- said of horses.