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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1857

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OWERFLEETE, v. To flow over. See Fleet, v., 2. Arch.s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms lxix. 15:
Letna the waterflude owerfleete me, naether let the deep swallie me up.

[O.Sc. ourflete, id., 1513.]

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