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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: 1589-1602, 1666

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Overlope, -lap(e, n. Also: owirlupe. [Later varr. (cf. late ME. and e.m.E. overloppe) of Ourlop n. (Cf. also Overloft.)] = Ourlop n.1589 St. A. B. Ct. 19th Sept.
Ane new schip … nyntein futeis in breid and ten futeis of hicht wnder the ouerlope
1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Fori, the ship ouerlap
1602 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 143.
Gif the merchandis guidis be watt or split in default of ane cow-brigg and owirlupe nocht weill calfutit
1666 Glasgow Chart. II. 116.
For anchorage for ilk bark not having overlape and topmast

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