† overshutn.
Obsolete. rare.
A projecting or overhanging part.
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1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 120 The residue [of Lundy Isle] is inclosed with high and horrible overshuts of Rocks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.1630- to come up to a person's expectations
- to come up to expectation
- to come up to expectations
- to come up to scratch
- to come up to the rack
- to come up to the scratch
- to come up to time
- to come up with
- to come up with the goods
- to come up with the rations
- to come upon
- to come upon one's own legs
- to come upon the town
- to come well to our pass
- to come well to pass
- to come with
- to come with a wet sail
- to come with cap in hand
- to come with the arm
- to come with the territory
- to come yorkshire on one
- to come, bring to a grappling
- to come, etc, off one's high horse
- to come, fall to scanning
- to come, fall under, lie in one's cap