A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overvoited, p.p. ? Vaulted over. —a 1610 J. Semple in Sempill Ballates (1872) 242.
Quhenn he was forcet for to forgoe his deere and loving sweit Ouervoited with the vailles of balme-rebaiting trees