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To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.

That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations. Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected. A. Hamilton.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.

Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.

One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.

The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [R.]

Violet wood.

small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.

A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.

Same as Pander. "Seized by the pandar of Appius." Macaulay.

Same as Panderism. Swift.

To pander. [Obs.]

Panderous. [Obs.]

Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes.…

A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. [Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. Donne.

A pandemic disease. Harvey.

The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. Milton.

A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. Shak.