Category:Overhead

O`ver*head", adv.

Defn: aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the Story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon sits arbitress. Milton.

Note: also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. Overhead engine, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands Above the crank. -- overhead work, a general term in manufactories for Countershafting and gearing, when overhead.