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: 1513, 1606
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Overcary, -ie, Ourcaré, v. [ME. overcarie(n (Wyclif) to convey over, e.m.E. -carry (1579) to ‘carry away’, induce to excess or wrongdoing.] tr. a. To convey over or across. b. To carry (an action etc.) to excess, to overdo. — 1513 Doug. vi. xi. 30.
Throu quhou feill landis … , Quhou mony seys ourcareit [Ruddim. ouer caryit] in thy barge, … I now ressaue thé heir 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vi.
According to the forked foly vsed in buriall, which either is contemned or else ouercaried in pomp
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