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Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..

Concamerate :: Concamerate (v. t.) To arch over; to vault.

Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory..

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..

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

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

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers..

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..

Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..

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

Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.

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

Groined :: Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault..

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

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

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

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

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.].

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

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

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