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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)
- 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
- (obsolete) To drive on rashly; to go to excess.
- (obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate; to boast.
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