A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1622-1626
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(Overt,) Ovart, n. [Cf. ME. overt(e, an opening (1340), an introduction (c 1440), e.m.E. ouvert (the) open (1599), OF. overt.] = Overture n. 2. —1622-6 Bisset I. 157/30.
Beand desyred … be the saidis lordis to meit … that they micht deliberate upoun sum best ovartis quhilk mycht tend to the remedie of … abuses … and to present the saidis overtouris befoir the saidis lordis
