OVERMOUNT

Etymology

Verb

overmount (third-person singular simple present overmounts, present participle overmounting, simple past and past participle overmounted)

(transitive) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Noun

overmount (plural overmounts)

A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*mount", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Surmount.]

Definition: To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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