overslaugh
(US, dialect, slang, transitive, archaic) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, dialect, slang, transitive, archaic) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(US, dialect, archaic) A barrier in a river.
Let him look at the plan of 1832, to which the act of 1834 refers, and upon which it is founded, and he will find that it contains detailed estimates of the expense of clearing out not only the overslaugh, but also the obstructions betwe…
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(military, archaic) The permission to skip a duty; an exemption from an active duty.
The opening in dike No. 1 at the overslaugh was completed with the exception of deepening the cut, which could only be done at midsummer.
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