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Arch

Arch (arch)
n.((?))
Arch
[F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See Arc.]
  1. Any part of a curved line.
  2. Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
    (b)
  3. Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
  4. Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
    "Colors of the showery arch." Milton.

    Triumphal arch, a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph.

Arch

Arch (arch)
v. t.
Arch
  1. To cover with an arch or arches.
  2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

    The horse arched his neck.
    Charlesworth.

Arch

Arch (arch)
v. i.
Arch
  1. To form into an arch] to curve.

Arch

Arch (arch)
a.(ärch)
Arch
[See Arch-, pref.]
  1. Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

    The most arch act of piteous massacre.
    Shak.

  2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

    [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
    Tatler.

Arch

Arch (arch)
n.
Arch
  1. A chief.
    [Obs.]

    My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.
    Shak.













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