Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow;
      as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison.

   3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.

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.

   2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow;
      as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison.

   3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.

Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. i.
   To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.

Overset \O"ver*set`\, n.
   1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a
      carriage.

   2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] ``This overset of wealth
      and pomp. '' --Bp. Burnel.