What does "overset" mean?
Overset: To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.
Additional senses
- 2.To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell.
- 3.To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.
- 4.An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
- 5.An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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