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Meanings of overhanded in English

With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.

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      1
      Seams: Plain; selvage and raw edges; French; felled; straight and bias edges; overhanded.
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      2
      Beaded seams used for fine white work have a line of beading overhanded between gores, hems, or gathers.
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      3
      He crashed an overhanded blow down on Josef's head as he said this, forcing Josef to duck and roll.
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      4
      The mouth is hemmed or overhanded with horse-hair, and the sides are usually sewed through and through with the same.
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      5
      He overhanded the flashlight up on his shoulder, which not only looked cool but put the beam in line with his eyes.
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      6
      Stoke pulled the pin on the concussion grenade and overhanded it off the marble floor so hard that it bounced twice going into the room.
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