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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: 1680

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Over-by, adv. [Over adv. 1 c. Also, as ower-by etc., in the mod. dials. of Sc. and north. Eng.] Over or across the way; in a place a short distance across. —1680 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. i. 146 (30 July).
[His dwelling house is to be] overby quher they did dwell formerlie

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