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n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an overseer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sore; painful. [ Prov. Eng. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sees. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From See. ] A person who foresees events; a prophet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female seer; a prophetess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or quality of a seer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sear. ] Dry wood. [ Written also searwood. ] [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities. [ 1913 Webster ]