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单词 overlier
释义

overliern.

Forms: 1600s ouerlyer, 1800s overlier; Scottish pre-1700 ourelyar, pre-1700 ourlyar, pre-1700 overlyar.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overlie v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < overlie v. + -er suffix1. Compare overlayer n. With sense 2 compare also earlier overligger n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (ōu·vəɹləi·əɹ (stress variable)) /ˈˌəʊvəˈˌlaɪə(r)/.
Obsolete.
1. Scottish. A person who is a burden or encumbrance; spec. a beggar who exacts lodging at farmhouses.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > other types of beggar
overlier1449
roger?1536
jarkman1567
Irish toyle1575
jackman1575
chamber-deacon1607
reacher1607
wallet-bearer1611
pie card1931
1449 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 36/1 For þe away putting of sornaris ourlyaris & masterful beggaris.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Shireffe The schireffe..sal punish sorners, overlyars, maisterful beggars, [etc.].
2. A thing which lies over or on top of something else; spec. a horizontal timber in a scaffolding (cf. ledger n. 2a, overligger n.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] > part of > pole > horizontal
ligger1500
overligger1511
overlier1554
ledger1571
putlog1645
the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [noun] > that which
overlier1866
1554–5 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 353 Ane loke with ane ourelyar and foure keyis till it.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 91 Then shall you take strong ouerlyers of Wood, and lay them foure-square from one board to another.
1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 255 3 flat stones, the two standing as sides while the third was an overlier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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