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A cress. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not worth a kers. See under Cress.

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

See Cassimere.

See Cassinette.

Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey.

coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

In an obverse manner.

Beyond the sea; foreign.

Over the sea; abroad. Milton. Tennyson.

To search all over.

To season too highly.

too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

The office of an overseer.

To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price. One whose beauty Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl.

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.

See under 2d Pack.

See Persicot.

orship. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matt. v. 44.

The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley.