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ˈoverword, n. Chiefly Sc.
Also owerword.
[over- 20.]
A word or phrase repeated again and again; esp. the burden or refrain of a song. (Cf. overcome n. 2.)
1500–20Dunbar Poems lviii. 4 Ay is the ouir-word of the geist, Giff thame the pelffe to pairt amang thame. 1585James I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 69 Gif ȝe lyke to put ane ower⁓word till ony of thame, as making the last lyne of the first verse to be the last lyne of euerie vther verse in that ballat. 1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 120 Ay the o'erword of the fray Was ever, alake my auld goodman. 1786Burns Lines Written at Loudon Manse 7 And aye the o'erword o' the spring, Was Irvine's bairns are bonie a'. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 126 Muttering as o'erword to the tune, East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 1895Crockett Men of Moss Hags xiii. 96 This was a favourite overword of my mother's that suffering was the Christian's golden garment. |