Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUR-MOUNT'ED
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SUR-MOUNT'ED, a.
- In architecture, used to denote an arch or dome, which rises higher than a semicircle.
- In heraldry, a term used when one figure is laid over another. – Brande.
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