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Cusp :: Cusp (n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed..

Ecclesiarch :: Ecclesiarch (n.) An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church..

Compassed :: Compassed (a.) Rounded; arched.

Archness :: Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.

Antimonarchic :: Antimonarchic () Alt. of Antimonarchica.

Connivent :: Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc..

Archprimate :: Archprimate (n.) The chief primate.

Archimandrite :: Archimandrite (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church..

Sagittary :: Sagittary (n.) The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.

Costean :: Costean (v. i.) To search after lodes. See Costeaning.

Archipelago :: Archipelago (n.) The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands..

Orchal :: Orchal (n.) See Archil.

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Pawky :: Pawky (a.) Arch; cunning; sly.

Urinator :: Urinator (n.) One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver..

Pavise :: Pavise (n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it..

Archeress :: Archeress (n.) A female archer.

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