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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1618, 1688-1689
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Overcasting, vbl. n. Also: ov'r-. [e.m.E. and ME. (1398).] a. Rough-casting. b. Of the stomach: Overturning, being upset; ? throwing up, vomiting. (Cf. Ourcast v. 3). — 1618 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 116.
For xii faddome of towes to hing the cradle at the overcasting of Wallace tour a1689 Cleland 44.
I must … get me hence Or spew … For … I was ne're so sore agasting To keep iny stomack from ov'rcasting
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