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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Hierarchy :: Hierarchy (n.) Dominion or authority in sacred things.
Order :: Order (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing..
Hyostylic :: Hyostylic (a.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull..
Auricula :: Auricula (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
Chartaceous :: Chartaceous (a.) Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.
Enarch :: Enarch (v. t.) To arch.
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..
Eureka :: Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out Eureka! eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery..
Eudoxian :: Eudoxian (n.) A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius..
Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..
Arch :: Arch (v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
Ewe-necked :: Ewe-necked (a.) Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out..
Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.
Recondite :: Recondite (a.) Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies..
Malay :: Malay (n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
Archy :: archy () A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch..
Quest :: Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively..
Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..
Explore :: Explore (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
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