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Definition of Overslaughed
1. overslaugh [v] - See also: overslaugh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overslaughed
Literary usage of Overslaughed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1916)
"General Stark resigned because he was overslaughed, though in an emergency he
later put aside his grievances. Gen. Morgan also resigned because of lack of ..."
2. Roger Ludlow, the Colonial Lawmaker by John Metcalf Taylor (1900)
"... of Haynes—Winthrop's Explanation— Ludlow's Objection — overslaughed — Resolutions
to Remove to Connecticut—The Removal—Its Real Cause—Lud- low, Hooker, ..."
3. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"A prominent candi- e for the presidency is thus said to have been overslaughed
by party if a man before unknown is nominated in his place, and y officers ..."
4. Pacific States Reports by California Supreme Court, Idaho Supreme Court, Kansas Supreme Court, Montana Supreme Court, Nevada Supreme Court, Oregon Supreme Court, Utah Supreme Court, Washington (State). Supreme Court (1912)
"Counsel complain that the court below "overslaughed" the limits laid down ...
*273, the case which counsel say was " overslaughed," Mr. Justice VALENTINE ..."
5. Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. Senate (1880)
"Nothing can Ъе more humiliating to such an officer than to find himself overslaughed
at the moment he is justly expecting promotion. ..."
6. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1899)
"... dated October 22, showing how its supreme jurisdiction in matters of heresy
had been overslaughed with as little ceremony as that of a pie-powder court. ..."
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