Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
overby .
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Examples
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--- Farewell, Elshie; there's some canny boys waiting for me down amang the shaws, owerby; I will see you as I come back, and bring ye a blithe tale in return for your leech-craft. ''
The Black Dwarf 1898
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"Ay! ay!" he said at last, in a tone of reflection mingled with dawning interest, "I ance kent a terrible rascal cam frae owerby that gait: what ca 'they the perris ye're frae?"
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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But I brought a the beasts owerby that I thought ye wad like best.
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But I brought a 'the beasts owerby that I thought ye wad like best.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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But I brought a’ the beasts owerby that I thought ye wad like best.
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Farewell, Elshie; there’s some canny boys waiting for me down amang the shaws, owerby; I will see you as I come back, and bring ye a blithe tale in return for your leech-craft.”
The Black Dwarf 2004
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-- Farewell, Elshie; there's some canny boys waiting for me down amang the shaws, owerby; I will see you as I come back, and bring ye a blithe tale in return for your leech-craft. "
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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