A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1637
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]
Overstayes, adv. phr. Over to the other stay or tack (as a nautical phr.); here fig. — 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Ceremonies ii. iii. 17.
Are their mindes so aliened from us? and must we be altogither drawne overstayes to them? 1637 Ib. vii. 27.
When they had both spoken and disputed against them; what drew them overstayes to contend for them?
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Overstayes adv. phr.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 16 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/overstayes>
