overstand

Meanings

Verb

• to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
• to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
• to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
• To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
• to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully

Noun

• The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.

Origin

• From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan, equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with Dutch overstaan, German überstehen.
• , coined in Rastafarianism before 1965.