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ovresce (1363)
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The form oeveresce is a cross reference to the following entry:

ovresce (1363)

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oeveresce,  overesce,  overesse  
  FEW:  operari 7,366a Gdf:  ouveresse 1 5,674a GdfC: ∅ TL: overresse 2 6,1447 DEAF:  ovrer (ovresse)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The word’s core sense is ‘female worker’, but the Anglo-Norman attestations are thus far only found in a cloth-making context. See also ovriere.

s.f.

femaleoccupationtextilefemale weaver, cloth-worker: 
( 1363 )  Mes l'entention nostre Seigneur le Roi et son conseil est, qe femmes, c'est assaver braceresces, pesteresces, tisteresces, fileresces, et oevresces si bien de leine come de liegne toile et de soie [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 278.24
( 1463 )  monstré fuit en le dit parlement par les overesses de sey et fileresses de sey deins la Citee de Loundres, qe [...]  Stats ii 395

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See also:

operer2  ovrable1  ovrage  ovraigne  ovral  ovrance  ovre1  ovree1  ovrement  ovrer1  ovrier1  ovriere  ovrour 
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