An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 597
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V. ~Ourweill~.

OWKLY, _adj._ Weekly, S.

V. ~Oulk~.

_Macneill._

_To_ OWRE-HALE, _v. a._ To overlook.

_Montgomerie._

Sw. _oejwerhael-ja_, to cover.

OWRESKALIT, _part. pa._ Overspread.

V. ~Skale~.

_Dunbar._

OWREHIP, _s._ A blow with the hammer brought over the arm, S. O.

_Burns._

OWRIE, _adj._ Chill.

V. ~Oorie~.

_To_ OWRN, _v. a._ To adorn.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _orn-er_, id.

OWT, _adj._ Exterior.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _yte_, exterus.

OWTH, _prep._ Above, over.

_Wyntown._

OWTING, _s._ An expedition.

_Barbour._

OXEE, OX-EYE, _s._ The t.i.t-mouse, S.

_Complaynt S._

OXGATE, OXENGATE, _s._ An ox-gang of land.

_Skene._

From _ox_ and _gate_, iter.

OXPENNY, _s._ A tax in Shetl.

_Stat. Acc._

OXTAR, OXTER, _s._

1. The armpit, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. Used in a looser sense for the arm, S.

A. S. _oxtan_, Teut. _oxtel_, id.

_Dunbar._

OZELLY, _adj._ Swarthy, resembling an _ousel_, Loth.

P

_To_ PAAK, _v. a._ To beat.

V. ~Paik~.