Overslaugh definition

ōvərslô
To pass over (one person) by preferring or promoting another.
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To bar or hinder.
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(US, dialect) A bar in a river.
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(US, dialect, slang) 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)

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
overslaugh
Plural:
overslaughs

Origin of overslaugh

  • Dutch overslaan.

    From Wiktionary