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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overset, n.1 [f. Overset(t v. 2 b. Cf. Ourset n.] A disorder or upset (of the stomach). —a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 290.
That is like the pain procured by an overset of the stomack … a queasie and weak stomack that cannot bear much
