A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Oversailyie, v. [MF. sursaillir to project over. (F. saillir to project.)] a. tr. To bridge over (a close or alley). b. intr. To overhang or project. —a. 1673 Fountainhall in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III. 17.
An act giving him liberty to oversailyie the close, having both sides thereof, and cast a transe over it for communicating with both his houses; … because the passage of the close is common to all the heritors; and as he could not encroach or build upon the street of the close, so neither can he oversailyie [etc.] 1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 201.
To oversailyie the closs by ane airch or pendb. 1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 201.
That … the remainder of the diamitter of the turnepyk oversailyie by corbills or ane airch four foot over Grays Closs head
