1. (n.) A portion of a building which projects or hangs over as a covering.

2. (v. t.) To hang over; to jut or project over.

3. (v. i.) To jut over.

4. (n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

5. (n.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

6. (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

7. (n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

8259. shaqaph -- to overhang, look out or down
... 8258, 8259. shaqaph. 8260 . to overhang, look out or down. Transliteration:
shaqaph Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kaf') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim ...
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The City of the "Elegant Gate"[*]
... been built. Many of these rocks are left in their natural position, and
overhang the houses which have been built among them. The ...
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Summary of the First Part of the Foregoing System.
... It clearly seems free from the stupendous cloud of difficulties that overhang that
view of the moral universe which supposes its entire constitution and ...
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The Lord of Demons
... He lives up in the rock-hewn tombs which overhang the beach; for all that belongs
to corruption and death is congenial to the subjects of that dark kingdom of ...
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Footnotes
... that He led them out 'as far as to Bethany,' the secluded hills (that especially
to which Tobler assigns the name of Djebel Sajach) which overhang that village ...
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The Littleness of the Human Mind a Ground of Hope.
... Let this be blown away, and the darkness which seems to overhang the moral government
of the world will disappear like the mists of the morning. ...
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God's Exhaustive Knowledge of Man.
... Is it not one of those mysteries which overhang human existence, and from which
that of the brute is wholly free, that man can live his life, and act his agency ...
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The Alchemy of Influence
... All my conceptions of the progress of grace in the soul; all the steps by which
divine life is evolved; all the ideals that overhang the blessed sphere which ...
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The Sufferings of Christ Reconciled with the Goodness of God.
... of the atonement were stricken from the scheme of Christianity, the injustice which
is supposed to attend it would still continue to overhang and cloud the ...
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The Sinfulness of Original Sin.
... The conscience is still perturbed, the forebodings still overhang the soul like
a black cloud, and the heart is as throbbing and restless as ever. ...
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Kumaon.
... hill ponies are, as a rule, quiet and sure-footed; and they require to be, as the
roads are narrow, in some places very narrow, and overhang precipices, down ...
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Overhang (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also,
the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet. ...
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Overhanging (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhang. Multi-Version
Concordance Overhanging (6 Occurrences). Exodus 26:12 The ...
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Overgrown (5 Occurrences)

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Eaves (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang
the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof. ...
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Ebal (8 Occurrences)
... These two mountains overhang the pass through which runs the main artery of intercourse
between East and West, the city of Nablus lying in the throat of the ...
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Bend (29 Occurrences)
... anchor. 6. (vi) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook
or be curving; to bow. 7. (vi) To jut over; to overhang. 8 ...
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Beetle (7 Occurrences)
... See Coleoptera. 6. (vi) To extend over and beyond the base or support; to
overhang; to jut. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEETLE. ...
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Mount (311 Occurrences)
... These two mountains overhang the pass through which runs the main artery of intercourse
between East and West, the city of Nablus lying in the throat of the ...
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