Therefore, the promotion of General Sheridan to be lieutenant - general did not "overslaugh" Thomas, but it did Meade and Halleck. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Complete] Reference
But these subjects took a somewhat loftier tone, than the contemplation of an exchange of orderly duty, or an overslaugh of guard. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Well, we run under that breeze down to the overslaugh, and got aground, and then my joy was turned into sorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross] Reference
And did n't he himself sit down on that bench as one of the five added judges, who were to overslaugh the four old ones, getting his name of "judge" in that way, and no other?. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates] Reference
I have asked his attention to the fact that he himself was one of the most active instruments at one time in breaking down the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois because it had made a decision distasteful to him, -- a struggle ending in the remarkable circumstance of his sitting down as one of the new Judges who were to overslaugh that decision; getting his title of Judge in that very way. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates] Reference
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