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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1634-1637
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Overgildit, -guilded, ppl. a. [e.m.E. and ME. ouerguylded (1592), ofergildedd (Orm). Cf. Ourgilt p.p.] Gilded over. = Ourgilt p.p. Also fig. — 1634 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II. 423.
Four allabaster broades overgildit 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 149.
Mens overguilded reasons 1637 Ib. 171.
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