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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1513, 1567-1568
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Ourslide, -slyd(e, v. P.p. ourslydyn. [Sc. var. of Overslide v.]
1. tr. a. To elapse, come to an end.1513 Doug. i. v. 94.
Eftyr mony lustris and ȝeris ourslydyn is a1568 Bannatyne MS 74 b/2.
Thow hes no thing heir Bot for a tyme quhilk suddanly ourslydis
b. To lat (a matter) ourslide, to allow to pass unnoticed, to overlook.Also without compl.(1) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 3.
Our antecessowris, that we suld of reide … We lat ourslide throw werray sleuthfulnes a1568 Scott xxi. 41.
I slip, and lattis all ourslyd Aganis the feid of thé(2) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 615.
Than wald he think to leiff and lat our-slyd
2. tr. a. Of a seafarer: To glide over (water).1513 Doug. x. iv. 90.
He … with hys lang and lusty ballyngar Ourslydis the deip fludis 1513 Ib. i. iii. 91, viii. ii. 65.
b. To slide over so as to envelop. fig.a1568 Bannatyne MS 229 a/16.
In bed of blumes … A sleip cowth me ourslyd
c. To pass over (a matter) without remark, to overlook.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 415.
This mater now her-for I will ourslyde
