O"ver*slaugh` (?), n. [D. overslag.]

A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.

[Local, U. S.]

Bartlett.

 

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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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