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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overstayes, adv. phr. Over to the other stay or tack (as a nautical phr.); here fig. —1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Ceremonies ii. iii. 17.
Are their mindes so aliened from us? and must we be altogither drawne overstayes to them? Ib. vii. 27.
When they had both spoken and disputed against them; what drew them overstayes to contend for them?
