Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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.
Strong's Hebrew
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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