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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Our-, Owr-, Ovir-, Owerword, n. [Our adv. 6 or 8. Also in the mod. dial. as owerword etc.] The burden or refrain of a poem. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. lviii. 4 (M).
Ay is the owr vord [v.r. ouir word] off the gest Giff thame the pelff [etc.] 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 83/3.
Gif ȝe lyke to put ane owerword to any of thame as making the last lyne of the first verse to be the last lyne of euerie vther verse 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 103.
Each … to make a extemporary sonnet … the ourword being un cucou mene un autre
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