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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ourspred(e, v. P.t. ourspred, our(e)-sprede. P.p. ourspred, our(e)-sprad. [Sc. var. of Oversprede.]

1. tr. To spread or cover (a thing) with something else. 1513 Doug. iv. xi. 2.
Be this Aurora … heth the erd ourspred [Ruddim. ouer spred] With new days licht

b. In passive, with the agent unspecified, const. with the instrument. a1400 Leg. S. vii. 813.
Al the feld that wes our-sprad With fare quhyte dew c1400 Troy-bk. i. 346.
The benkis war … Our-spred with goldin claithis cleyn c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 3881.
And all the feild with slane men war ourspred 1513 Doug. i. xi. 10.
Amang provd tapetis … Hir place scho tuke … Ourspred with gold amyd a beddis syde Ib. iv. viii. 5.
The large costis … Ourspred with Troianys in fervent bissynes Ib. viii. iii. 194. c1590 Fowler I. 83/178.
Cheikis with teares ourspred

c. With adv. or adv. phr. of manner, with the agent unspecified and the instrument understood from the context. a1400 Leg. S. xxxi. 334.
Til hir bede That richely wes than oure-sprad 1513 Doug. ix. xii. 63.
So large feild hys gowsty body tuke, That fer onbreid ourspred was all the plane

2. tr. To spread (something) over or on something else. 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 25.
A gentill steyd … On quham at all partis was ourspred and fold A dun lyonys skyn

3. Of a thing: To spread or extend over (something else); to cover completely. ?1438 Alex. ii. 7926.
He beheld The oist that all our-spred the feild Ib. 8811.
Of our men sa mony ar dede That all the feild thay oursprede c1420 Wynt. vii. 553.
[It may happen that] the froyte the tre oure-sprede 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 115.
Lufe is a kyndly passioun … ourspredyng al the cors Ib. xii. Prol. 48.
The aureat fanys of hys trone souerane With glytrand glans ourspred the occiane Ib. 97.
Ive levys rank ourspred the barmkyn wall Ib. 102.