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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overstair, n. ? An outside stair, a forestair. = Fore-stair n. —1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 305.
For sclaitting of the overstair quhilk wes vj elnis and ane half a1651 Calderwood VIII. 226.
At the Netherbow they took up the 124 Psalme … and sung in such a pleasant tune … coming up the street … that it moved both themselves and all the huge multitude of the beholders looking out at the shots and over stairs
