A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ourpres(s, v. [Sc. form of ME. (Wyclif) and e.m.E. ouerpress(e, repr. L. opprimere.] tr. To oppress. —14.. Quon. Attach. c. 60.
In help & subsyd of thaim that ar ourpressyt a1500 Henr. III. 173/36 (B).
The pure folkis ar all ourprest [Ch. & M. opprest]
