O`ver*reach" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached (?), (Overraught (&?;), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

O`ver*reach", v. i. 1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.

2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

O"ver*reach` (?), n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

• The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
  
• To reach above or beyond in any direction.
  
• To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
  
• To reach too far
  
• To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
  
• To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
  
• To cheat by cunning or deception.