To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
O`ver*shoot", v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
O"ver*shot` (?), a. From Overshoot, v. t.
Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is
covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which
shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and
acting chiefly by its we'ght.
O"ver*sight` (?), n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general
supervision.