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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1588
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Ourthrow(e, n. [Anglicised var. of Ourthraw.] Overthrow, defeat, discomfiture. = Overthraw n. — 1570 Leslie 261.
Sic lyke ourthrowes and accedentis 1588 Protocol Book of J. Inglis.
Thair salbe ane change of religione and extreme ourthrow of the sectis of the kyrk
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