(Dutch, overslag.) A bar, in the marine language of the Dutch. The overslaugh in the Hudson river near Albany, is, I believe, the only locality to which this term is now applied among us.
TO OVERSLAUGH
(Dutch, overslaan.) To skip over; pass over; omit. A word used by New York politicians.
Mr. Polk intended making Gen. Butler commander-in-chief, and to drop Gen. Scott. But it was found that public opinion would not be reconciled to overslaughing Taylor, and he [Gen. Taylor] was nominated.--Washington Correspondent. N. Y. Com. Adv., Oct. 21, 1846.
Van Buren is no longer feared as a candidate for the Presidency. He was overslaughed in May, when he was a candidate of some promise.--Letter from Washington, N. Y. Com. Adv., Nov. 28, 1846.