arch : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an arch supported by an abutment
  

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• noun the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
  

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• noun the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward
  

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Arch" brick`

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1. A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

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• verb form an arch over
  overarch.
  
  • Big rocks overarch the stream

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Arch" stone`

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1. A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

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• noun a support for the arch of the foot
  

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Arch-

Etymology

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1. A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.

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• noun a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion
  

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• noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
  basket-handle arch.
  

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• noun a round arch resting on corbels
  

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• (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee.

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• noun one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
  gill bar; branchial arch.
  

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• noun one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
  gill bar; branchial arch.
  

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• the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix.

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• noun an arch with a gap at the apex; the gap is usually filled with some decoration
  

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• noun an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados
  

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• (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.

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• (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel Chancel casement, the principal window in a chancel. Tennyson.

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• . See Illust. of Arch.

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• noun (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet
  

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• (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster.

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• the lay judge of the court of arches.

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• noun an arch whose height is less than half its width
  scheme arch; diminished arch; skeen arch.
  

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• (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of Lintel.

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• adjective satellite curving downward
  

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• noun a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span
  

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• noun an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground
  fallen arch.
  

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• (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction.

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• (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. Knight.

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• noun an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
  flat arch.
  

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• . (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b).

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• noun a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
  four-centered arch.
  

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• an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth.

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• noun one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
  gill bar; branchial arch.
  

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• . (Anat.) Same as Branchial arches.

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• noun a pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex
  

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• noun a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels
  haemal arch.
  

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• (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.

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• noun a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels
  haemal arch.
  

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• (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.

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• noun a round arch that widens before rounding off
  horseshoe arch.
  

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• (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull.

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• an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch.

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• (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.

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• (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; much used in foundations.

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• an arch of the thickness of one brick.

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• noun a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides
  keel arch.
  

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• (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.

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• noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
  lancet.
  

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• (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.

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• (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, that in which the mandible is developed.

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• noun the short lateral arch formed by the heads of the metatarsals
  

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• noun a round arch that widens before rounding off
  horseshoe arch.
  

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• noun a structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord
  neural arch.
  

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• (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.

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• (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew.

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• noun a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides
  keel arch.
  

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• (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.

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• (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.

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• noun the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans
  shoulder girdle.
  

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• (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side.

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• noun the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
  hip; pelvis; pelvic girdle.
  

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• (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

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• noun an arch supported on piers
  

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• noun an arch with a pointed apex; characteristic of Gothic architecture
  

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• (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.

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• noun the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall
  

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• the framework around the front of the stage.

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• noun an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other
  

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• . (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other . (b) Same as Rampant vault, below.

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• (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.

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• (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t.

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• noun a round arch drawn from a single center
  Roman arch.
  

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• noun an arch formed in a continuous curve; characteristic of Roman architecture
  

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• noun an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs
  

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• noun an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction
  

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• (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t.

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• (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral.

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• noun an arch whose height is less than half its width
  scheme arch; diminished arch; skeen arch.
  

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• noun an arch that supports part of the wall
  scoinson arch.
  

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• noun an arch that supports part of the wall
  scoinson arch.
  

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• noun a shallow arch; an arch that is less than a semicircle
  

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• noun a round arch drawn from a single center
  Roman arch.
  

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• noun an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture
  

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• noun an arch whose height is less than half its width
  scheme arch; diminished arch; skeen arch.
  

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• noun an arch whose height is less than half its width
  scheme arch; diminished arch; skeen arch.
  

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• noun an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face
  

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• an oblique arch. See under Oblique.

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• the smoke box of a locomotive.

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• (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch, under Springing.

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• (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; called also spring of an arch.

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• noun a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch
  

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• (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.

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• noun an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
  flat arch.
  

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• (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a common arch.

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• noun an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground
  fallen arch.
  

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• noun a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket
  superciliary ridge; supraorbital torus; supraorbital ridge.
  

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• noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
  basket-handle arch.
  

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• (Arch.), to build an arch; a common term among masons; as, to spring an arcg over a lintel.

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• noun a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex
  

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• noun an arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the weight of a hearth)
  

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• noun a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
  

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

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• noun a conical squinch
  

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• noun a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
  four-centered arch.
  

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• the embrasure, in the wall of a blast furnace through which the tuyère enters.

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• noun a structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord
  neural arch.
  

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• (Anat.), the bars or ridges between the visceral clefts.

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• noun the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
  arcus zygomaticus; zygoma.
  

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• the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles.

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