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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ourslide, -slyd(e, v. P.p. ourslydyn. [Sc. var. of Overslide v.]

1. tr. a. To elapse, come to an end. 1513 Doug. i. v. 94.
Eftyr mony lustris and ȝeris ourslydyn is a1568 Bann. MS. 74 b/2.
Thow hes no thing heir Bot for a tyme quhilk suddanly ourslydis

b. To lat (a matter) ourslide, to allow to pass unnoticed, to overlook.Also without compl.(1) c1475 Wall. i. 3.
Our antecessowris, that we suld of reide … We lat ourslide throw werray sleuthfulnes a1568 Scott xxi. 41.
I slip, and lattis all ourslyd Aganis the feid of thé(2) c1475 Wall. v. 615.
Than wald he think to leiff and lat our-slyd

2. tr. a. Of a seafarer: To glide over (water). 1513 Doug. x. iv. 90.
He … with hys lang and lusty ballyngar Ourslydis the deip fludis Ib. i. iii. 91, viii. ii. 65.

b. To slide over so as to envelop. fig. a1568 Bann. MS. 229 a/16.
In bed of blumes … A sleip cowth me ourslyd

c. To pass over (a matter) without remark, to overlook. c1475 Wall. iv. 415.
This mater now her-for I will ourslyde