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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1500-1512, 1572-1602
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Our-litil(l, -little, -lytill, a. [ME. ouer litelle (Manning), ovyrlytylle (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. ouer litle, Over adv. 8: cf. also Over-little.] a. Too small. b. Too little, insufficient. — c1420 Bute MS. 119 (see Our-mekill a. a).
Our litil 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II. 34.
The Kingis wellus cote, that wes our litill c1500-c1512 Dunb. xcii. 3.
Sum takkis ourlittle awtoritie 1572 Satirical Poems xxx. 48.
He had our lytill feir 1590 Criminal Trials I. ii. 196.
That poysoune … was our litill to serve thy turne 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 5.
The schune … wer our lytill for hir fute
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