Overslaugh

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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

II. Overslaugh ·vt 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.

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