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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1560-1633
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Over-burd(e, -buird, adv. Also: ovir- and -boord. [e.m.E. over-board, -boord, -bord, ME. over bord(e, (north.) over burdez, OE. ofer bord. More often written as two words.] Overboard. = Our-burd(e. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 570.
[They] Cut thair cabillis and ouir burd cast thair geir 1590 Welwod 67.
The hewing of ane mast ouer buird and anker and tow slippin a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 192.
Ouer buird c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. 20.
This Jonah take and cast him over boord 1624 Criminal Trials III. 571.
Ouerbuird 1633 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V. 554.
He ran mad and wold have luppin ovirburd
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