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adj
Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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verb
To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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verb
To bore out more than is usual for the design; especially, to bore out to a degree that pushes the limit regarding the wall thickness of the casting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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verb
simple past and past participle of overbear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *bherH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English overbore From over- + bore.
