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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OVERDOOR , the name given to any ornamental moulding placed over a See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door. The overdoor is usually architectural in See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, but is sometimes little more than a moulded shelf for the reception of See also:

CHINA

china or curiosities.

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