[ahrch] 
| 1. | Architecture.
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| 2. | any overhead curvature resembling an arch. |
| 3. | something bowed or curved; any bowlike part: the arch of the foot. |
| 4. | a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot. |
| 5. | a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water. |
| 6. | Glassmaking.
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| 7. | to cover with a vault, or span with an arch: the rude bridge that arched the flood. |
| 8. | to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve: The horse arched its neck. |
| 9. | to form an arch: elms arching over the road. |
| 10. | Nautical. hog (def. 14). |
[ahrch] | 1. | playfully roguish or mischievous: an arch smile. |
| 2. | cunning; crafty; sly. |
| 3. | Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief. |
| a combining form that represents the outcome of archi- in words borrowed through Latin from Greek in the Old English period; it subsequently became a productive form added to nouns of any origin, which thus denote individuals or institutions directing or having authority over others of their class (archbishop; archdiocese; archpriest). More recently, arch-1 has developed the senses “principal” (archenemy; archrival) or “prototypical” and thus exemplary or extreme (archconservative); nouns so formed are almost always pejorative. |
| a combining form meaning “chief, leader, ruler,” used in the formation of compound words: monarch; matriarch; heresiarch. |
| Archbishop. |
| 1. | archaic. |
| 2. | archaism. |
| 3. | archery. |
| 4. | archipelago. |
| 5. | architect. |
| 6. | architectural. |
| 7. | architecture. |
| 8. | archive; archives. |
| a combining form with the general sense “first, principal,” that is prefixed to nouns denoting things that are earliest, most basic, or bottommost (archiblast; archiphoneme; architrave); or denoting individuals who direct or have authority over others of their class, usually named by the base noun (archimandrite; architect). |
| arch 1 (ärch) n.
v. tr.
To form an arch or archlike curve: The high fly ball arched toward the stands. [Middle English, from Old French arche, from Vulgar Latin *arca, from Latin arcus.] |
| arch 2 (ärch) adj.
[From arch-1.] arch'ly adv., arch'ness n. |
In architecture, a curved or pointed opening that spans a doorway, window, or other space.
Note: The form of arch used in building often serves to distinguish styles of architecture from one another. For example, Romanesque architecture usually employs a round arch, and Gothic architecture, a pointed arch.
arch (ärch)
n.
An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.
archi- or arch- or arche-
pref.
Earlier; primitive: archenteron.
Arch
an architectural term found only in Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute proof that the Israelites employed arches in their buildings. The arch was employed in the building of the pyramids of Egypt. The oldest existing arch is at Thebes, and bears the date B.C. 1350. There are also still found the remains of an arch, known as Robinson's Arch, of the bridge connecting Zion and Moriah. (See TYROPOEON VALLEY.)
