单词 | overlier |
释义 | † overliern. Obsolete. 1. Scottish. A person who is a burden or encumbrance; spec. a beggar who exacts lodging at farmhouses. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1449 |
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