Overset

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overset \O"ver*set`\, n.
     1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a
        carriage.
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     2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and


        pomp. " --Bp. Burnel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overset}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Oversetting}. ]
     1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a
        proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom
        upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a
        ship, or a building. --Dryden.
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     2. To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow;
        as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison.
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     3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. i.
     To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "overset":
     balance, be lost, bonus, capsizal, capsize, careen, culbute,
     culbuter, deck, dividend, extra, floor, founder, go down, gratuity,
     honeycomb, keel, keel over, knock over, lagniappe, leftover,
     margin, overage, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overmeasure,
     overplus, overpower, overrun, overstock, oversupply, overthrow,
     overturn, pitchpole, plus, pourboire, remainder, revolution, sap,
     sap the foundations, scuttle, send flying, silence, sink,
     somersault, somerset, something extra, spare, spill, subversion,
     subvert, surmount, surplus, surplusage, throw down, throw over,
     tip, tip over, topple, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy,
     trip, trip up, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over,
     turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, turnover,
     undermine, unhorse, upend, upset, upset the boat, upturn, weaken