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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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(Over-richt,) Ovir-rycht, adv. [e.m.E. overright (agaynst) (1565) and cf. later south. Eng. dial. over-right directly opposite to.] Ouir rycht foranents, directly opposite to. — 1596 Dalr. I. 55/19.
Ouir rycht foranents the tounis Aire and Irvine is the Ile of Aran
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