Definition of arch

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Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..

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Archimagus :: Archimagus (n.) A great magician, wizard, or enchanter..
Countermarched :: Countermarched (imp. & p. p.) of Countermarc.
Starcher :: Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..
Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made..
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching..
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..
Searchableness :: Searchableness (n.) Quality of being searchable.
Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..
Arch :: Arch (v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
Archprimate :: Archprimate (n.) The chief primate.
Ascham :: Ascham (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery..
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..
Arching :: Arching (n.) The arched part of a structure.
Amelcorn :: Amelcorn (n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.
Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..
Jaculator :: Jaculator () The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).
Heptarchist :: Heptarchist (n.) A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
Poke :: Poke (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about..
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