A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Over-,) Owerall, a. (Appar. attrib. use of the phr. over all, either in sense 11 b of Over prep., ‘throughout the whole region’, ‘here and there’, vagrant, vagabond, or in a sense similar to Over prep. 13 and 15 c, ‘over and above everything or everyone else’, extra, unattached, masterless. Cf. Orra a.) —1608 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 39.
Ane generall visitatioun to be maid … for tryell of unlawfull indwelleris and owerall persouns and vagaboundis
