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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Over-se,) Oversea, Owersie, a. [e.m.E. overse(e (1509), ouersea; cf. OE. ofersǽwisc, Over-se adv. and Our-se a.] Foreign. a. Imported from overseas; fig. ‘far-fetched’. b. Situated overseas. —a. 1600-1610 Melvill 54.
His new opiniones and owersie dreames anent the Kirk Ib. 68.
Thair conceats and owersie dreames, imitation of Genev discipline a1651 Calderwood III. 369.b. 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1645) 6.
The wife of youth, that … expects he [sc. her husband] shall return to her from oversea lands
