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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1645

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Overload, n. [Over adv. 8 c (adj.); Lod(e n.] An excessive load. —1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith 270.
Can the father see the child … wrestle under an overload till his back be near broken?

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