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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overslip, v. Also: ovir-, ower-. P.p. -slippit, -et, -ed, -slippin. [Late ME. (15th c.) and e.m.E. ouer-slip, -slyp, p.p. -slypte (1535), -slipped. Cf. also Ourslip.] a. tr. To let pass, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook. = Ourslip v. 1. Also ellipt. b. intr. (To let) time overslip, (to let) time slip by, to lose time. c. tr. To escape, avoid.a. 1535 Stewart 17538.
He sleipit nocht nor ouir slippin throw sleuth 1562-3 Winȝet II. 18/2.
Ony thing ouerslippit be me 1592 Reg. Privy C. V. 741.
Sic necessar occasionis as … mycht not have been owerslippit 1607 Ib. VII. 532.
Heirefter … the same shall not be ouerslipped unpunisheitb. 1580 Conv. Burghs II. 505.
[They] desyret that na langer tyme wer owerslippet 1597 Acts IV. 144/2.
The negligence of collectouris … in latting tyme ouerslipc. 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 411.
Some of them did … retire into France … to overslip the storme