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| arch | (N.) | Any part of a curved line. |   '   |
| arch | (N.) | 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., | ' |
| 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. | ' |
| arch | (N.) | Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge. | ' |
| arch | (N.) | Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta. | ' |
| arch | (V. T.) | To cover with an arch or arches. | ' |
| arch | (V. T.) | To form or bend into the shape of an arch. | ' |
| arch | (V. I.) | To form into an arch; to curve. | ' |
| arch | (A.) | Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. | ' |
| arch | (A.) | Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. | ' |
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| arch | (N.) | A chief. | ' |
