Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), obsolete The aurochs.
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- noun Obsolete form of
hour . - noun Obsolete form of
oar . - noun Obsolete form of
ore . - noun obsolete The
aurochs .
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Examples
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An as he skellied intae the white bleeze, a troop o droid surveillance puggies advanced in heelstergowdie formation alang the corridor roof, skited by owre his heid an wi a clatter o mettalic cleuks, skittered awa eastwards doon the shadowy vennel.
Links purge Ray Girvan 2004
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An as he skellied intae the white bleeze, a troop o droid surveillance puggies advanced in heelstergowdie formation alang the corridor roof, skited by owre his heid an wi a clatter o mettalic cleuks, skittered awa eastwards doon the shadowy vennel.
Archive 2004-09-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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And he gaed, and as he was bringing hame the water, a raven owre abune his head cried to him to look, and he would see that the water was running out.
The Blue Fairy Book 2003
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I'm engaged wi 'Doctor Ramsey, he's laird owre all our land
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With nut-brown ale he tells the tale which rows him owre fu nappy (drunk)
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He lay owre his machine-gun wi 'a bullet in his brain
Jamie Foyers 1998
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Deo gratias, &c. Then went owre kynge, with alle his oste,
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Deo gratias, &c. Noe gratious God he save owre kynge,
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We'll be happy a 'thegither owre a wee drappie o't. cho: Owre a wee drappie o't, owre a wee drappie o't,
A Wee Drappie O't 1953
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But we're a 'met thegither owre a wee drappie o't.
A Wee Drappie O't 1953
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