overbow

To arch over.

Now her white lips would kiss away the gore— Speed, Alice, speed, or thou Wilt have but my dead frame to overbow!

Like one who climbs a mountain's mighty stairs, and finds himself at length with nothing but the immeasurable sky above him, so from generalization to generalization he ascends, to find himself at length alone with the Alone, embraced and overbowed with nothing but the infinite of God.

To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.

True it is, becauſe moſt in that age ranne riot in adoring of Churches […] the Waldenſes (out of that old errour not yet worn out, That the beſt way to ſtraighten what is crooked, is to over-bow it) denied Churches that relative holineſſe and fit reverence due unto them.

The amount by which the plate is overbowed must correspond to the thickness of the mandible.

To bend too far.

A thicker back will bend less, and be less prone to overbow and the resultant cracking.

To overburden.

Now the next thing that I have to remind thee of is this, that thou take care of thyself: first of thy mind, that thou do not overbow it; and that thou take care of thy body, that thou do not overwork thyself: it will be enough that thou see the work done.

'Tis true: yet stronger is the power divine, And oft, when man's estate is overbowed With bitter pangs, disperses from his eyne The heavy, hanging cloud!

To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.

Another characteristic of an "overbowed" archer can readily be observed by watching the alignment of his back while he is shooting.

I know you've heard it before, but no advice on bow selection or shooting would be complete without saying it: Don't “overbow” yourself! Start with a light- to moderate-weight bow and work up if you feel the need to be shooting something heavier.

A structural piece that arches over another piece.

The overbow formers are then lowered out of the net contour, exposing fixed net contour ( inner mold line ) formers.

Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)

It has a lifting capacity of 2000 short tons with fixed boom in overbow position.

MIBSPA claims that every type of offshore system can utilise the MIB coupling including submerged and floating hoses, overbow and integration into a specific manufacturer's system.