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Definition of Oversetting
1. overset [v] - See also: overset
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversetting
Literary usage of Oversetting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... but ever had a notable regard to his purse, to keep that from oversetting,
like a vessel at sea that hath too much sail and too little ballast. ..."
2. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"A hoyman is not answerable for goods lost by the accidental oversetting of his
hoy by tempest Amiee v. Stevens, I Stra. 128. 2 Ld. Raym. 918. II. ..."
3. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1859)
"Meeting in the night with islands To that of oversetting, privateers in their
first cruize have, as far as has fallen within my knowledge or information, ..."
4. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"Oversetting by sudden flaws of wind, or by carrying sail beyond the bearing. 2.
... To that of oversetting, privateers in their first cruise have, ..."
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