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Definition of Overslow
1. v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb.
2. a. Too slow.
Definition of Overslow
1. Adjective. Too slow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overslow
1. too slow [adj] - See also: slow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overslow
Literary usage of Overslow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... or overslow, but sometimes called " Marcy's Farm " for the sake of brevity
and euphony.... The obstructions at the ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... in which to trash undeniably means to check the pace or progress of any one.
" To trash, or overslow." Hammond. " Fore- -lnu.il and trashed. ..."
3. The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1907)
"... is haling Mime by the ear—is that the latter is overslow with certain piece
of work which, with minute instructions, he has been ordered to do. ..."
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