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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1592
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(Over-,) Owircrow, v. (e.m.E. (1562), ‘to crow or exult over, to triumph over, to overpower’.) — 1592 Orkney Oppress. 103.
Quhais halding the said earle hes nawayes quarrelled … and hes only taine him to us whome he thinkis to owircrow at his pleasur
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