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Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Imbow :: Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Vault :: Vault (v. t.) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court..

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

Ogive :: Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..

Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..

Leap :: Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse..

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Echometry :: Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

Vaulting :: Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaul.

Groin :: Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit..

Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..

Acrobat :: Acrobat (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis..

Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

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