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Vaultage :: Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar..

Boss :: Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations..

Azure :: Azure (n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Scaphocephaly :: Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped..

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line..

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

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..

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

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault..

Bivaulted :: Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.

Imbowment :: Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.

Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..

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

Carnary :: Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house..

Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..

Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.

Acrobatism :: Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

Vaulty :: Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

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