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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overloup, n. [Lowp n.1 Cf. mod. Northumb. dial. overloup ‘the intrusion and trespass of cattle’.] In Kirkcudbrightshire: The right of (? occasional) grazing of one's beasts in land adjacent to one's own. = Ourloupe n., Overlepe n. — 1686 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. . 362.
[The croft and tenement of land called Blakfourd … being part of the lands … presently possessed by himself, together with] ane overloup [in the lands of Culnaightry]
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