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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overisles. (Appar. Overijssel, the name of the province in E. Holland; attrib. with cloth.) —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 320.
Linning cloth called … Isinghame cloth, Ouerisles cloth