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Webster 1913 Edition


Overslaugh

O′ver-slaughˊ

,
Noun.
[D.
overslag
.]
A bar in a river;
as, the
overslaugh
in the Hudson River
.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.

Oˊver-slaugh′

,
Verb.
T.
[D.
overslaan
.]
To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment;
as, to
overslaugh
a bill in a legislative body; to
overslaugh
a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.
[Local Cant, U. S.]

Definition 2024


overslaugh

overslaugh

English

Noun

overslaugh (plural overslaughs)

  1. (US, dialect) A bar in a river.

Verb

overslaugh (third-person singular simple present overslaughs, present participle overslaughing, simple past and past participle overslaughed)

  1. (US, dialect, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
    to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body
    to overslaugh a military officer (= to hinder his promotion or employment)