Definition of arch

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Arch (n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

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Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four..
March :: March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles..
Archer :: Archer (n.) A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow..
Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
Squirarchy :: Squirarch (n.) One who belongs to the squirarchy.
Jerquer :: Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Arch :: Arch (n.) A chief.
Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..
Cruise :: Cruise (n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure..
Lithic :: Lithic (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture..
Croquet :: Croquet (n.) An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern..
March :: March (v. i.) To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.
Patripassian :: Patripassian (n.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian..
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
Daric :: Daric (n.) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric..
Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) Dominion or authority in sacred things.
Tympanohyal :: Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.
Yezdegerdian :: Yezdegerdian (a.) Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees..
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Ichnoscopy :: Ichnoscopy (n.) The search for the traces of anything.
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