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Meaning of OVERSLAUGH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \O"ver*slaugh`\, n. [D. overslag.]
    A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.
    [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
    
  2. \O`ver*slaugh"\, v. 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.]
    
 
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