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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1531
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(Over-,) Ovirquhemle, v. [Var. of Overquhelm(e v.; cf. quhemle, whemmle in the mod. Sc. and north. Eng. dial., and Quhomle v.] tr. To overturn, turn upside down, cause to tumble over. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. civ.
Quhill … schill Triton, with his windy horne, Ouirquhemlit all the flowand occean
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