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arched, ppl. a.|ɑːtʃt, -tʃɪd|
[f. arch v.1 + -ed.]
1. Furnished with, formed into, or consisting of, an arch or arches.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. iii. 59 The right arched-beauty of the brow. 1665Manley Grotius's Low-C. Wars 361 It hath an Arched Bridg. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 358 A sort of arched-Bricks..bent round to fit the Eyes of their Cole-pits. 1718Pope Iliad vi. 305 Raised on arch'd columns of stupendous frame. 1827Keble Chr. Year Trin. Sun., As travellers..Lose in arched glades their tangled sight.
†2. Joined in mutual support; cf. arch v.1 4. Obs.
1581Lyly Euphues (1636) D ij, Arched bands of amity. |