Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OVERHUNG
OVERHANG
overhang, beetle
(verb) be suspended over or hang over; “This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town”
overhang
(verb) project over
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overhung
simple past tense and past participle of overhang
Adjective
overhung (not comparable)
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Suspended from above or from the top.
Anagrams
• hung over, hungover
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*hung", a.
1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Carlyle.
2. Suspended from above or from the top. Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.
OVERHANG
O`ver*hang", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhung; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.]
1. To impend or hang over. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope.
O`ver*hang", v. i.
Definition: To jut over. Milton.
O`ver*hang`, n. (Arch.)
1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
4. (Mach.)
Definition: The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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