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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overset, ppl. a. [Overset(t v. 1.] Overwhelmed, defeated. — 1635 Dickson Wr. 127.
He was an overset man with the greatness of his sufferings

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