Over-arm

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O´ver-arm`

(Cricket, etc.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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| 1864: Over-arm bowling was legalised for cricket matches.

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