OVERHAUL; OVERHAULING
O"ver*haul`, O`ver*haul"ing, n.
Defn: A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
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.
OVERHEAD CHARGES; OVERHEAD EXPENSES
O"ver*head" charges, expenses, etc. (Accounting)
Defn: Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; — called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc.
OVERHEAR
O`ver*hear", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overhearing.] Etym: [AS. oferhiéran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.
2. To hear again. ShaK.