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Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Superabound :: Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.

Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..

Insurmountable :: Insurmountable (a.) Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle..

Surmounted :: Surmounted (a.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

Transcend :: Transcend (v. t.) To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds..

Insuperable :: Insuperable (a.) Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London..

Sphaeridium :: Sphaeridium (n.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ..

Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..

Insurmountableness :: Insurmountableness (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.

Insurmountably :: Insurmountably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Insurmountability :: Insurmountability (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable.

Surmounting :: Surmounted (imp. & p. p.) of Surmoun.

Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle..

Exuperant :: Exuperant (a.) Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting.

Alp :: Alp (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted..

Surmounter :: Surmounted (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.

Crowned :: Crowned (p. p. & a.) Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected..

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