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overslop

English

Etymology

From Middle English oversloppe, Old English oferslop, oferslype (“an overgarment; surplice”), equivalent to over- +? slip. Cognate with Icelandic yfirsloppur (“overalls”).

Noun

overslop (plural overslops)

  1. (obsolete) An outer garment or slop.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

References

  • overslop in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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overslow

English

Etymology

over- +? slow

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??v?(?)?sl??/

Adjective

overslow (comparative more overslow, superlative most overslow)

  1. Too slow.

Verb

overslow (third-person singular simple present overslows, present participle overslowing, simple past and past participle overslowed)

  1. To render slow; to check; to curb.
    • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
      over?low this furious driver

References

overslow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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