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† ˈover-way Obs.
[over- 1 d.]
1. (prop. two words). The upper or higher way. Sc.
c1575Hist. James VI (1804) 171 He gaue command to thrie hundrethe horsmen to pas ye ouerway, and to cum in..be a priuey furde.
2. = overslay. (? an error.)
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. Ep. Ded., Castles in the Air, whose Groundsils are laid with Whims, their Overwayes with Dreams, and rooft with Cream of thinking. 1692in Athenæum (1895) 20 Apr. 505/3 A timber-beam called ye Overway of ye house which on yt side that is towards ye street is adorned with ancient carved worke and beareth this date 1372. |