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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: 1479-1615

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Our-, Owrgilt, -gylt, p.p. (? ppl. a.). Also: oure-, owre-. [Sc. form of Overgilt p.p. Cf. Ourgiltit p.p. and ppl. a. and Ourgilt v.] Gilded over, overlaid with gold or gilt; also, overlaid with silver.In quot. 1615, ourgilt is perh. used attributively.(1) a 1500 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 203.
Ane beddell wand siluer and ourgilt
a1500 Golagros and Gawane 158.
With ane girdill ourgilt and vthir light gere
1479 Acts Lords Auditors 87/2.
Ane ewar of siluer ourgilt
1495 Reg. Episc. Brechin. II. 316.
Owr gylt
1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 207. 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 87.
The laif coppir ourgilt
1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane cowp of siluir double ourgilt with ane covir
1542–3 Linlithgow B. Ct. 24 Jan.
That the said crowne was siluer ourgilt and nocht sufficient gold
1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 206. 1569 Edinburgh Testaments 260 b.
For ane double ourgilt murrioun
1596 Criminal Trials I. ii. 386. 1615 Haddington Mem. II. 289.
Ane siluer baissin [etc.] … all ovrgilt and chisseled work
(2) 1500–1 Acts Lords of Council II. 494.
With ane covir of the sammyn [silver] owregylt with gold
1513 Doug. v. v. 30.
A habirgyon of byrnyst mailȝeis brycht With gold ourgilt
1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 411.
The jwntouris and bukillis dowble our gilt with gold
1575 Dumfries B. Ct. 25 Oct.(3) 1542 Acts & Decr. I. 140 b.
Ane buter to hing at his belt ourgilt with siluer

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