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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ourcast, n. [Cf. e.m.E. overcast something cast away, etc. (1569).] The action of casting over or down. —1494 Loutfut MS. 130 a.
In making of fossis … thair suld nocht be neir by a hill or a place that mycht be hurt to the host outhir be sand or be ourcast of stane
