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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Oversailyie, n. [MF. sursaille a leaping on or over (Cotgrave), F. saillie a projection.] The bridging of a close or alley by an overhead passage joining the two sides; the overhead structure itself. —1673 Fountainhall in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III. 17.
A simple interest in a common passage … is [not] sufficient to hinder an oversailyie Ib.
The height of this trance and oversailyie
