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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Out-over, prep. and adv. Also: owt- and -ovir, -ower. [North. ME. out(e)-ouir, vte-ouer (Cursor M.), oute ouere (c 1475), otherwise only Sc. Cf. also Out-our.]

1. prep. a. Over, across. = Out-our prep. 1. b. More than, beyond. = Out-our prep. 3.a. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 730.
The Scottis schip scho wes sa law That monie gunnis out ouir hir flaw
c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii. 193.
And so furth can he fair Out ouir the bent
Ib. i. 2. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 46/65.
To sore out ower the see
Ib. 62/16. 1597 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 646.
To the wark men for helpin to lift the greit ledder in ovir and out ovir the vyne iyle
1630 Fraserburgh Kirk S. II. 5th May.
[He saw him] ding fordward Isbell Stewartis heid with his hand and ȝeid out ouer hir to his dask
b. 15.. Clar. iv. 1864.
Outower all uther things Thay ȝow desyre
15.. Sc. Hist. Rev. L. 113.
I want ane creyll Prenspylle owt ower all thing

c. In addition to, not counting.Also by and outover, = by and attour [see By prep. 3 b (2)]. 1581 Cath. Tr. 253/20.
They war fund more then sufficient to nourisch 5 thousand persons, outouer the women and children
1678 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 277 (21st Sept.).
To redeliver bake to me the said peapers … under the paine of tuenty pounds scotes as penwltie by and out over performance
1682 Dunkeld Presb. I. 442.
Which he thought had been by and outover the forsaid 504 merks
1702 Cramond Ch. Aberdour 49.
3s. 4 d. Sc. to be given … by each delinquent by and outover their penalty

2. adv. Across and projecting outwards. = Outour 4 b. 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. i. 165.
Pendentibus, hinging out over

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