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owerance, owrance Sc. and north. dial.|ˈəʊərəns, ˈaʊrəns|
[f. ower, owre, north. dial. form of over + -ance.]
The position of being over; superiority, ascendancy, mastery, control.
1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 154 To slay syn and dede quhilk had ouerance apon us. 1818Hogg Brownie Bodsbeck I. iii. 39 Or it get the owrance o' auld Wat Laidlaw, od it sal get strength o' arm for aince. 1819Rennie St. Patrick II. 266 (Jam.) [He] hasna as muckle owrance o' himsel' as win up on the feet o' him. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘She fairly haes t' owerance ower him’, she completely rules him. Mod. Sc. She's his wife, but she hasna the owrance o' a penny! [Also in Northumbld., Cumbld., Ulster.] |