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

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

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..

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

Severy :: Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..

Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..

Demivolt :: Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner..

Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

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..

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