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Overslow

Overslow \O`ver*slow"\, v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.]
--Hammond.

Overslow

Overslow \O"ver*slow"\, a. Too slow.

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overslow
  1. Too slow. v

  2. To render slow; to check; to curb.

Usage examples of "overslow".

He was used to mental communication with the Renthans of the Valley, though he had been overslow in learning to send as well as receive.

A lean-jawed, complaining, overslow detective lieutenant, with long yellow hands that he held on his knees while he talked to me in his cubicle at Headquarters.