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Webster 1913 Edition


Overlash

Oˊver-lash′

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. Prov. E.
lash
extravagant,
lashing
lavish.]
To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.
[Obs.]
Barrow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overlash

OVERLASH'

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To exaggerate. [Little used.]
2.
To proceed to excess. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


overlash

overlash

English

Verb

overlash (third-person singular simple present overlashes, present participle overlashing, simple past and past participle overlashed)

  1. To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments
  2. (obsolete) To drive on rashly; to go to excess.
  3. (obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate; to boast.
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