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▪ I. † ˈoverer, a. and n.1 Obs.
[Comparative of over a.: cf. OHG. oberôro, MHG. oberer, and Eng. innerer.]
A. adj. Upper; higher in position.
1388Wyclif Job xxxviii. 30 The ouer [v.r. ouerer] part of occian. c1430Art Nombryng (E.E.T.S.) 12 That the last of the lower nombre may not be with-draw of the last of the ouerer nombre for it is lasse than the lower.
B. n. (the adj. used elliptically).
1. The upper part or region.
a1340Hampole Psalter Prol. 3 An instrument..of ten cordis, and gifes þe soun fra þe ouerer, thurgh touchynge of hend. Ibid. ciii. 3 Þou þat hilis wiþ watirs þe ouerer of it [L. superiora eius]. Ibid. 14 Wetand hilles of his ouyrere [L. de superioribus suis].
2. The upper of two things.
c1430Art Nombryng (E.E.T.S.) 10 In the place of the ouerer sette a-side, write a digit that is a part of the componede. Ibid. 16 Suche a digit founde and withdraw fro his ouerer.
3. A person higher in station, a superior.
c1449Pecock Repr. Prol. 1 Correccioun..longith oonli to the ouerer anentis his netherer, and not to the netherer anentis his ouerer. Ibid. 299 Forwhi in two maners ouerers mowen holde and vse her ouerte vpon her vndirlingis.
▪ II. overer, n.2 local.|ˈəʊvərə(r)|
[f. over adv. + -er.]
See quot.
1892E. B. James Lett. I. of Wight (1896) II. 347 The local and familiar word ‘overers’, by which the people of the Isle of Wight designate such of the inhabitants as are not born natives. 1892Edin. Rev. July 237 The list of ‘overers’ whose connection with it has enriched its fame, is longer and more brilliant. |