overslaugh

over·slaugh

to pass over (one person) by preferring or promoting another
to bar or hinder

Origin of overslaugh

from Dutch overslaan, to pass over, omit from over (akin to over), + slaan, to beat, strike: for Indo-European base see slay

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Noun

(plural overslaughs)

(US, dialect) A bar in a river.

Verb

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

(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)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Origin

Dutch overslaan.

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