To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate
the blocks. -- To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see
that no hitch occurs.
{ O"ver*haul` (?), O`ver*haul"ing, } n. A strict examination with a
view to correction or repairs.
O`ver*head" (?), adv. 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.
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.
O`ver*hear" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overhearing.] [AS. oferhiéran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by
accident or artifice. Shak.