Arch(a.) Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
Arch(a.) Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
Arch(n.) A chief.
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., semicircular), or pointed.
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. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
Arch(v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.
Arch(v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
Arched(a.) Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
Arched(imp. & p. p.) of Arch
Arches() pl. of Arch, n.
Arching(n.) The arched part of a structure.
Arching(n.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.
Arching(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arch
Archly(adv.) In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
Archness(n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
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