Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overset

Overset , transitive verb

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 fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. — Addison
3.
To fill too full. [Obsolete] — Howell

Overset , intransitive verb

To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. — Mortimer

Overset , noun

1.
An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
2.
An excess; superfluity. [Obsolete]
This overset of wealth and pomp. — Bp. Burnel