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Fireplace :: Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built..

Recess :: Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc..

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..

Overture :: Overture () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..

Recess :: Recess (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

Penetralia :: Penetralia (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace..

Niche :: Niche (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative..

Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth..

Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..

Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess..

Indent :: Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..

Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..

Encave :: Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess..

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