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overbank

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o⋅ver⋅bank

[oh-ver-bangk]
–verb (used without object) Horology.
to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.

Origin:
1880–85; over- + bank 1
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