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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1540, 1598-1599

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Ourséing, -seying, -seynge, vbl. n. [Oursé v. Cf. Overséing.] Attending to, supervision. —a1500 Bernardus 46.
Gef thar be ocht in perei for to spyle Of ourseynge may mende it at thi vyle 1540 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 360.
In the ourseing of the werk of the castell 1598–9 Ayr B. Acc. 198.
Ourseying

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